The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has confirmed the death of a third-year Chemical Engineering student who drowned in the university’s swimming pool in Kumasi on Saturday, November 7.

The student, identified as David Osei Agyapong, reportedly died after diving from the upper platform into the 17-foot-deep section of the swimming pool but failing to resurface.

According to the university, the incident occurred at about 5:10 p.m.

In a statement, the University Relations Officer, Dr Daniel Norris Bekoe, said pool attendants retrieved Agyapong from the water after a few minutes and immediately rushed him to the nearby KNUST Hospital for emergency treatment.

“Despite efforts to resuscitate him, he could not be revived,” the statement disclosed.

The university said information gathered so far suggests that Agyapong was an experienced swimmer, a regular user of the facility and a member of the KNUST basketball team.

Meanwhile, details emerging from the incident suggest that the student was at the swimming pool with some friends when the tragedy occurred.

A video shared on social media shows him jumping from the diving platform into the pool.

However, he failed to emerge from the water seconds after the dive, triggering an emergency rescue operation involving other swimmers and pool attendants.

Attempts to revive him through cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) proved unsuccessful before he was transported to the university hospital.

Police investigations are ongoing to establish the exact circumstances that led to his death.