A boy, 18 years old drowned on a class trip near Minden, Ontario. The boy was an engineering student of the University of Toronto. According to his uncle, the boy does not know how to swim, why did he go to the lake.

Watery ordeal

The boy died after gone missing while swimming in Gull Lake together with a group of people about 5 in the afternoon. The other swimmers found the body of the boy in the lake about 100 kilometers north of Peterborough. They tried to revive him by providing first aid and CPR. The boy was declared dead when he was brought to the hospital, according to the policemen.

Edmonton first aid — They tried to revive him by providing first aid and CPR.

According to the investigator, Sgt. Peter Leon, the boy went for a swim with a group of people before he died. The people were already in the water and the boy became separated from the group. When they realize that the boy is missing they began looking for him. Other people in the group found the missing boy from the lake and they immediately provided first aid and CPR to the boy.

The Dean of the engineering faculty called what happened to the boy a “tragedy.” The thoughts of the people of the community are with the family and friends of the boy who died.

Water safety

The uncle of the boy, Manoj Gopinath criticized the university for not having more safety measures such as having lifeguards or defibrillators, at Gull Lake site, where groups of students was studying surveying and civil engineering at the time of the accident.

According to the dean of the University of Toronto faculty of applied science and engineering, they are gathering information about the incident and promised that the information will be shared with the family of the boy. She also confirmed there are no lifeguards at the lake because swimming in not part of any course in the university. The University of Toronto owns a property in the lake and they also offered support to those people affected by what the dean of engineering called a tragedy. Furthermore, the dean did not say whether there are defibrillators placed in the area, but that would be looked into by the university.

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