Lawsuit: 6-year-old drowned when pool was overcrowded, not properly watched by lifeguards

A Texas family has filed a lawsuit after their young son drowned in a community pool, claiming the pool was overcrowded and was not being properly watched by lifeguards.According to KTRK, the family of 6-year-old Ga Ram Kang is suing the community association of King Crossing Inc., and its home builder, Pulte Homes of Texas.The child drowned at the community swimming pool in Katy in May. "It's hard," said a visibly emotional Jocelyn Kang, the boy's mother, at a press conference Tuesday. "Sometimes, it's unlivable. From the time I had Ga Ram until now, my life revolved around him. Everything I did, my thoughts, everything was for him."Jocelyn Kang claims that one the day her son drowned, loud music was blaring and the lifeguards weren't in control of the crowd. "Ga Ram was 5 feet away from the lifeguard when he drowned and she didn't jump in the pool to give him aid or anything," said Jocelyn.She believes that if the lifeguards had better training, her son would be alive. "There was a false sense of security she had going to the pool that day," said the family's attorney Allena Wright. "She thought she was going to a pool that had extra safety by having lifeguards."Jocelyn Kang wants to remind other parents that they can't depend on lifeguards. "We have to watch them very closely," she said. According to KHOU, the family is suing one of the lifeguards, who is a minor, for negligence for $1 million.“They provided not just myself but my child, Ga Ram, with a false sense of security,” Jocelyn Kang said.

A Texas family has filed a lawsuit after their young son drowned in a community pool, claiming the pool was overcrowded and was not being properly watched by lifeguards.

According to KTRK, the family of 6-year-old Ga Ram Kang is suing the community association of King Crossing Inc., and its home builder, Pulte Homes of Texas.




The child drowned at the community swimming pool in Katy in May.

"It's hard," said a visibly emotional Jocelyn Kang, the boy's mother, at a press conference Tuesday. "Sometimes, it's unlivable. From the time I had Ga Ram until now, my life revolved around him. Everything I did, my thoughts, everything was for him."

Jocelyn Kang claims that one the day her son drowned, loud music was blaring and the lifeguards weren't in control of the crowd.

"Ga Ram was 5 feet away from the lifeguard when he drowned and she didn't jump in the pool to give him aid or anything," said Jocelyn.

She believes that if the lifeguards had better training, her son would be alive.

"There was a false sense of security she had going to the pool that day," said the family's attorney Allena Wright. "She thought she was going to a pool that had extra safety by having lifeguards."



Jocelyn Kang wants to remind other parents that they can't depend on lifeguards.

"We have to watch them very closely," she said.

According to KHOU, the family is suing one of the lifeguards, who is a minor, for negligence for $1 million.

“They provided not just myself but my child, Ga Ram, with a false sense of security,” Jocelyn Kang said.