KNUST management confirms drowning of Level 300 student in campus swimming pool
Source: Graphic Online
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 indicated that Agyapong was an experienced swimmer, a regular user of the swimming facility and a member of the KNUST basketball team.
