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8-year-old girl, mom and grandpa accidentally drown in NJ pool: authorities

EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- A New Jersey grandfather, his daughter-in-law and her 8-year-old daughter accidentally drowned in their backyard pool on Monday, authorities said Tuesday. 

Police found Bharat Patel, 62, his daughter-in-law Nisha Patel, 33, and her 8-year-old daughter unresponsive inside the pool at their home on Clearview Road in East Brunswick around 4:18 p.m. on Monday, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher Kuberiet and East Brunswick Police Chief Frank LoSacco said in a release Tuesday. 


The three family members were pronounced dead soon after, police and prosecutors said. 

The Middlesex County Regional Medical Examiner's Office has ruled all of their deaths accidental drownings, but an investigation is still ongoing, according to the release. 

Authorities didn't immediately provide any additional information about their deaths. 

In a statement released on Monday, LoSacco said it was a "devastating day for our entire community."

Anyone with information about their deaths is asked to call the East Brunswick Police Department at 732-390-6900 or the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at 732-745-3927.