A 5-year-old Ada child drowned in a pond on Sunday, July 31, according to Allen County Sheriff Sam Crish.

Crish reported that Haiven Hale, 5, of Ada, was swimming with other children in a pond at 6803 N. Dixie Highway in Allen County, when he was found unresponsive in the water.

Emergency personnel were called to the scene but were unable to save him, Crish said.

The sheriff’s report indicated that there were several adults around the pond watching the children and trying to keep track of them in the water, but with children going in and out, lost track for a minute or two, long enough for Haiven to drown.

Click here for Haiven's obituary.