22-year-old North Carolina man drowns in Park City resort pool
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SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah â A North Carolina man has drowned at a hotel swimming pool in Summit County.
At 9:45 p.m. Monday, Summit County Sheriffâs Deputies responded to the Westgate Hotel, located at 3000 Canyons Resort Drive for a reported drowning in the hotel outdoor swimming pool.
They discovered that a 22-year-old male from Chapel Hill was with three friends at the hotel. The group had been consuming alcohol throughout the day. The 22-year-old told his friends he was going to do underwater breathing training in the pool and attempt to hold his breath longer than he had before. After about five minutes, the friends became worried after the man did not resurface. They jumped into the pool and pulled him out. He was unconscious and not breathing. The friends began CPR until medical personnel arrived.
PARK CITY A 22-year-old North Carolina man who drowned Monday evening at a Park City hotel has been identified as a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman.
John Johnson, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died at the Westgate Hotel on Monday evening after he began practicing underwater breathing, but didn t resurface. The naval academy identified Johnson in a Wednesday news release.
Summit County sheriff s deputies responded to the hotel at 3000 Canyons Resort Drive around 9:45 p.m., according to a news release from the department.
Johnson, who was on leave from the naval academy, was with three friends at the outdoor pool at the hotel. The group had been drinking alcohol throughout the day, and Johnson told his friends he was going to practice underwater breathing and attempt to hold his breath for longer than he had before, according to the press release.
Posted December 15, 2020 11:18 a.m. EST
Park City, Utah A Chapel Hill man died Monday while practicing holding his breath in an out-of-state hotel swimming pool.
The Summit County Sheriff s Office posted on Facebook that deputies responded to the Westgate Hotel in Park City, Utah, around 9:45 p.m.
At the hotel, deputies learned that the 22-year-old drowned in the hotel s outdoor pool while holding his breath underwater.
According to deputies, the man was staying at the hotel with three friends, and the group had been drinking alcohol throughout the day. The man told his friends he was going to try to hold his breath underwater longer than ever before.