Tragecally news: 16 swimmers dies and 21 hospitalized this morning in USA Massachusetts Just minutes ago due to terrible……

Tragecally news: 16 swimmers dies and 21 hospitalized this morning in USA Massachusetts Just minutes ago due to terrible, The trial of three lifeguards over the death of a swimmer has heard that Christopher Rogers was at the bottom of a pool for five minutes before a rescue was attempted.

 

Mr Rogers, who was 20, died during a swim session at the Orchard Leisure Centre in Armagh in April 2017.

 

Cathal Peter Forrest McVeigh, 35, of Dunamony Road in Dungannon, James Monaghan, 26, of Folly Lane in Armagh and William Holden, 26, of Unshinagh Lane in Portadown were on duty the night Mr Rogers died.

 

The charge against them stated that “being an employee, [they] failed to take reasonable care for the health and safety of other persons who may be affected by [their] acts or omissions at work”.

Newry Crown Court heard that on the day of his death Mr Rogers, who was an experienced swimmer, had been swimming underwater for about a minute before breaking the water’s surface.

 

He then descended to the bottom of the pool and lay there for five minutes and 14 seconds before a rescue attempt was initiated.

 

On Thursday, the court was shown four views of CCTV footage of the incident. It showed the movements of Mr Rogers and the lifeguards.

 

The prosecution argued the men did not do their jobs properly because of the length of time it took before the rescue attempt began and other omissions in their roles.

 

Prosecution lawyer Liam McCollum said that while five minutes may not seem like a long time for some things like waiting for a bus, “for someone to be at the bottom of a pool, not emerging – five minutes and 14 seconds is a very, very long time”.

 

Turning to what the three defendants were doing at the time of the incident, he told the jury that Mr Holden was in the lifeguard chair, while Mr McVeigh and Mr Monaghan were pool side and were “in conversation at the corner of the deep end”.

 

“During that conversation, Mr Rogers breaks the surface and then submerges to the bottom of the pool having suffered a hypoxic blackout,” Mr McCollum said.

 

The lawyer said that over the course of the next three minutes, Mr Monaghan is in and out, but is beside Mr McVeigh when he uses a metal pole to strike the steps “to try to get a response from Mr Rogers”.

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