Death after incident in swimming hall – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio

The police received a report about the incident just before 12 o’clock on Tuesday. – The man was found in the pool and taken ashore. Life-saving first aid was performed at the scene, but unfortunately life could not be saved. This is stated by operations manager in Agder police district, Eyvind Formo in a press release. The police have interviewed witnesses and carried out other investigations to try to find out what happened. – This could have been an accident or a medical event, says Formo. The next of kin have been notified. Employees started life-saving first aid It is the Students’ Association in Agder (SiA) that owns and operates the training centre. The managing director of SiA, Pål Harv, says it was employees who discovered a lifeless person in the pool. – They performed first aid and used defibrillators. – We think primarily of the next of kin and are sorry that it had a tragic outcome, says Harv. On Spicheren’s website it is stated that members themselves are responsible for being fit in terms of health to use the facility’s various training facilities. All traffic and activity in the facility is at your own risk and responsibility. Closed training center The training center was closed from 13.00 after the incident. The training center wrote this in a text message to its members. The man was taken by ambulance to the hospital.



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