{"id":313158,"date":"2017-04-23T08:50:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T08:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313158"},"modified":"2017-04-23T08:50:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T08:50:44","slug":"final-year-student-at-ug-drowns-in-swimming-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/final-year-student-at-ug-drowns-in-swimming-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Final year student at UG drowns in swimming pool"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Level 400 student of the University of Ghana (UG) is reported dead after he drowned in the school\u2019s swimming pool on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old final year student, who has been identified as Dennis Akoto is said to have gone to the poolside for a Saturday afternoon relaxation when the incident happened.<\/p>\n
The deceased was a student of Economics and Information Studies and celebrated his 22nd birthday last Monday.<\/p>\n
Citi News<\/strong> sources say he was rushed to the University Hospital after lifeguards and a doctor on duty conducted CPIs on him. He, however, gave his last breath at the hospital notwithstanding all attempts by medical officials to save him.<\/p>\n His body has since been deposited at the morgue for autopsy.<\/p>\n Some of his friends who spoke to Citi News<\/strong>‘ Caleb Kudah said they are devastated by his passing.<\/p>\n Kofi Odoom, a floormate of the deceased, who was with Dennis in the swimming pool described his death as strange as “Dennis is a very good swimmer and very cautious.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Level 400 student of the University of Ghana (UG) is reported dead after he drowned in the school\u2019s swimming pool on Saturday. The 22-year-old final year student, who has been identified as Dennis Akoto is said to have gone to the poolside for a Saturday afternoon relaxation when the incident happened. The deceased was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,10],"tags":[3,6469,619],"yoast_head":"\n