Add this to the list of Internet dangers: Swimming while your caregiver gets sucked into their Facebook News Feed.
A 3-year-old girl drowned a few feet from the Dallas woman who was supposed to watch her — while she allegedly browsed Facebook.
Kariasa Thomas (pictured below) was charged with reckless injury to a child Wednesday, authorities said.
The tragedy occurred at Thomas apartment complex pool where she and her legally blind husband brought her daughter, 16, and four of her friends children, ages 3, 5, 6 and 7.
Thomas only let the toddler, Kanyce Giddings, stand on the steps leading into the water because the girl did not know how to swim. Despite this inability, Kanyce was not equipped with a flotation aid or any other type of safety gear.
While lounging poolside, Thomas logged onto Facebook with her phone for about 15 minutes and played with her dog — never looking up to check on the children in the water, police said.
A complex security guard, who is also a Dallas police officer, told Thomas that the pool was closed. But when she called out to the children, Giddings did not respond.
Thomas borrowed the guards flashlight to look for the child. She accidentally kicked her upon stepping in the pool, the affidavit said.
From Daily News.
