1-Year-Old SC Girl Drowns In Mop Bucket

Carolina Kat Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:47 am

1-year-old SC girl drowns in mop bucket

The Associated Press
Posted: Saturday, Jan. 09, 2010

SUMTER, S.C. - A 1-year-old South Carolina girl has drowned after she fell into a mop bucket.

The Item of Sumter reported Saturday that Khianna Benjamin died around 11:30 p.m. Thursday night.

Authorities say Khianna's father woke up Thursday night and saw his daughter headfirst in a mop bucket in the kitchen. Robert Benjamin and his girlfriend, who was not the girl's mother, took Khianna to a neighbor's house and called 911.

Khianna was pronounced dead at a hospital, and an autopsy showed that she drowned. Police Maj. Alvin Holston says their investigation is ongoing.