Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Usher's son, 5, rushed to intensive care after pool accident... a year on from stepson's death following jet ski crash.



Hospital dash: Usher's son Usher Raymond V, five, was rushed to intensive care after a serious pool accident on Monday


Usher's five-year-old son was rushed to intensive care on Monday after a serious pool accident.
The incident comes just over a year on from the death of the singer's stepson following a jet ski crash.
Usher Raymond V is currently being treated in the ICU at an Atlanta, Georgia hospital after his arm got caught in the drain of a pool at the star's home at around 6pm in the evening.

Hospital dash: Usher's son Usher Raymond V, five, was rushed to intensive care after a serious pool accident on Monday
The youngster was said to playing in the water with Usher's aunt Rena Oden, according to TMZ.
After spying a toy in the drain of the pool, he reportedly dove down to retrieve it but his arm got caught in the process.
Seeing Usher Raymond V underwater, Rena immediately swam down to rescue the boy but to no avail.
Tragic: The incident comes after Usher's stepson Kile Glover,pictured here, tragically passed away at the age of 11 last year following a jet-ski accident
Tragic: The incident comes after Usher's stepson Kile Glover,pictured here, tragically passed away at the age of 11 last year following a jet-ski accident
After a maid also rushed to the scene and further could not help, she screamed for help.
It was then that two men working in the house were said to have rushed out and also dove into the pool, finally freeing the boy's arm from the drain.
Usher Raymond V was then reportedly given CPR and rushed to hospital.
His famous father was not home at the time of the incident, but as soon as he was notified, was said to have promptly rushed to his Atlanta property.


Rights : Usher has custody of his two paternal sons, Usher Raymond V and Naviyd Ely Raymond, after a custody battle with his ex-wife Tameka Raymond
Rights : Usher has custody of his two paternal sons, Usher Raymond V and Naviyd Ely Raymond, after a custody battle with his ex-wife Tameka Raymond
He rode in the ambulance with his son and was later joined at the hospital by Usher Raymond V's mother, Tameka Raymond, TMZ reports.
The little boy's state is currently described as 'OK' and doctors are reportedly running tests on the little boy.
Meanwhile, the frantic 911 call which Usher's aunt placed to emergency services has now been released and obtained by TMZ.
During the call, Rena can be heard hysterically begging the operator for an ambulance.
'My nephew was in the pool. He went and I couldn't get him. I tried to get him. They did CPR on him,' she is heard saying in the audio.
Heartbroken: Tameka tweeted this picture of Kile with his younger brother just before his death last year
Heartbroken: Tameka tweeted this picture of Kile with his younger brother just before his death last year
She is also heard trying to calm Usher's younger brother Naviyd, four, down, all whilst asking the two men doing CPR on little Usher Raymond V, if he was breathing. 

She then reports to the dispatcher that the youngster is in fact breathing after the CPR.
'Is he OK?' she asks the men. 'He's breathing', she is then heard telling the operator.

When the ambulance does arrive whilst Rena is on the line, little Naviyd is heard saying that his brother is 'faking it' to which Rena bluntly tells him: 'He is not faking it, come here.'
Family man: Usher was recently seen in July spending time in New York
Family man: Usher was recently seen in July spending time in New York
The terrifying turn of events come after Usher's 11-year-old stepson Kile Glover died over a year ago, two weeks after he was critically injured in a boating accident.
Kile passed away from the injuries he obtained after being run over on July 6, 2012 by a personal watercraft on Lake Lanier
The young boy, whose mother is Usher's ex-wife Tameka, was taken off life support by doctors on July 21, who determined that he would not recover from his injuries.
Kile was struck in the head during a jet ski collision while riding an inner tube on the lake in Atlanta, Georgia.
According to authorities, a family friend who was riding a jet ski behind the pontoon lost control and collided with Glover's tube.
Kile was with an unidentified 15-year-old girl at the time of the accident and both children were airlifted to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.
He was later declared brain dead.
In August last year, Usher was granted primary custody of his two paternal sons, Usher Raymond V and Naviyd, four, both of who he shares with Tameka.
He had been locked in a custody battle with Tameka when Kile passed away.
The singer had been involved in a bitter dispute with his ex-wife over the welfare of the boys, and a judge in Atlanta, Georgia, sided with the star.
The children spent the majority of time with their father, while Tameka retained some custodial rights.
Before the case closed, Usher's attorney labelled Tameka ‘incapable of being a proper parent’ to their children.
He had accused Tameka of trying to interfere with the time he was allowed with their kids under their joint custody arrangement - a charge she denied.
During closing arguments in the case, the legal representative said she ‘does not have the emotional stability or capacity to bond with them, and therefore she is handicapped’.
Tameka's attorney, counter argued that Usher travels all the time and does not have a good relationship with his mother, whom he had testified was part of the family unit that would help take care of Usher V and Navyid when he was on the road.
Split: Usher and Tameka split in 2009
Split: Usher and Tameka split in 2009

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