Bolga Poly student drowns in swimming pool

Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bolgatanga A third year statistics student of the Bolgatanga Polytechnic in the Upper East Region and a resident of the Navrongo area drowned in a swimming pool at the Tono Club House in the Kassena-Nankana East Municipality on Friday. The deceased identified as Kweku Bayingme was said to have accompanied friends form the school to pool as part of a recreational activity in this year Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students Week Celebrations. Some students who witnessed the sad incident said the deceased, a non- residential student of the school, arrived in the company of some friends and whilst they were sitting on edged of the swimming pool dived into the deep side of the swimming pool. They said by the time the attention of the life guard on duty was drawn to his plight, he had drowned in the water. He was rushed to Navrongo War Memorial hospital where he was declared dead by medical officers on duty. The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Bolgatanga Hospital Morgue for autopsy after it was transferred from Navrongo Hospital due to lack of space. The President of the Students Representative Council, Mr Adama Muntala, in told the Daily Graphic that he received call from his colleagues that one of the students had drowned in the pool. He said he quickly move to Navrongo where to assist in the use after taking in some alcohol, Agyei decided to bathe in the the case was reported to the Police as well as the palace of the Navrongo Chief. Meanwhile the police are in Navrongo are investigating the death of the young man, police investigators told the Daily Graphic.