Ohio agency investigates day-camp drowning of girl, 5

BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) — A state agency is investigating the drowning death of a girl at a southern Ohio day camp for children with special needs.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the Department of Developmental Disabilities will look into the death last week of the girl found submerged in a pond near Batavia, about 25 miles east of Cincinnati. Camp workers had said the girl wandered away from a playground to the fenced pond area.

The Clermont County sheriff’s office identified the girl as 5-year-old Kylie Griffin. Other details about her weren’t released.

Chris Adams, the executive director of the nonprofit Stepping Stones camp, says it has been in operation more than five decades without such a tragedy.

A sheriff’s official says he doesn’t recall any previous problems at the camp.