The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi has confirmed the death of a third-year chemical engineering student, who reportedly drowned in the swimming pool at the university campus on Saturday.
David Osei Agyapong, said to be an experienced swimmer and a regular user of the pool is said to have drowned after he dived from the upper board into the 17-feet area of the swimming pool on campus.
Confirming the incident in a statement, the University Relations Officer, Dr Daniel Norris Bekoe said it happened on Saturday, November 7 at approximately 5:10 pm.
Dr Bekoe explained that Agyapong entered the water from the upper diving boards and did not resurface.
Pool attendants are said to have retrieved him from the water after a few minutes, and he was immediately transported to the nearby KNUST hospital for emergency medical care.
"Despite efforts to resuscitate him, he could not be revived," the statement indicated.
According to the university management, reports it had gathered indicate that Agyapong was an experienced swimmer, a regular user of the swimming facility and a member of the KNUST basketball team.
Meanwhile, police investigations are ongoing to help unravel the true circumstances surrounding the incident.
There are suggestions Osei Agyapong for swimming in the company of some friends on Saturday.
In a video shared on social media, the student is seen jumping from the platform and plunging into the pool.
A few seconds after entering the pool, he failed to resurface, prompting an emergency rescue effort by other swimmers and pool attendants.
Attempts to revive him through cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) were initiated but they were unsuccessful before he was rushed to the nearby KNUST hospital for emergency medical care.
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