Three members of the same family have drowned in a swimming pool at a house in Lusaka’s Avondale residential area.

The three are a 19 year old pregnant girl and two children aged 3 and 6 years.

The children are said to have been playing when they accidentally fell in the pool.

The 19-year old girl , who was 7 (seven) months pregnant, drowned as she was trying to save the children.