Mounties investigate after five-year-old drowns in bathtub in Surrey, B.C.

Dec 19, 2016 | 5:39 AM

SURREY, B.C. — RCMP in Surrey, B.C., were investigating after a five-year-old boy drowned in a bathtub.

Police were called to a home in the Whalley neighbourhood just before 5 p.m. Sunday.

They say first responders worked for more than an hour to revive the youngster but he could not be saved.

Staff Sgt. Murray Hedderson says in a news release that police have spoken to the adults in the home to determine what happened.