Have any of you seen or experienced serious pool accidents, such as saves, drowning, collisions with serious consequences...? I haven't seen myself, but I've heard of some scaring collisions due to too crowded lanes. In one case, a swimmer's toe was broken; in another, a swimmer's eyeball was taken out :eek: while backstroking and another swimmer freestyling and didn't see the first swimmer (who didn't wear goggles). In another case, a swimmer drowned (cause unknown) and her body stayed at the bottom of the pool for a long time before being discovered--someone swam above and past her three times and saw her still there. It's said the lifeguards were changing shifts during that time and didn't pay attention.
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There was a drowning in one of those leisure center "wave" pools here, either last year or the year before. I think they had the wave mechanism running, so bodies were being thrown around and it took a while to realize one was at the bottom. Haven't heard of any drownings in a regular pool, but I suppose they could happen during "public" or "family sessions when it's mass chaos with lots of shrieking kiddies about.
There was a drowning in one of those leisure center "wave" pools here, either last year or the year before. I think they had the wave mechanism running, so bodies were being thrown around and it took a while to realize one was at the bottom. Haven't heard of any drownings in a regular pool, but I suppose they could happen during "public" or "family sessions when it's mass chaos with lots of shrieking kiddies about.
