A young man drowned after his friends challenged him to swim in the lake at an exclusive golf club.
The 23-year-old was taken by friends for a dip in the water at Emerald Lakes Golf Club on Alabaster Drive in Carrara, Gold Coast, at 9:40 p.m. Sunday.
Director Geoff Sheldon said the man had been drinking all afternoon and described the fatal mix of alcohol and swimming as ‘fatal’.
The 23-year-old was invited by friends to take a dip in the water at Emerald Lakes Golf Club on Alabaster Drive in Carrara, on the Gold Coast, at 9:40 p.m. on Sunday.
He told ABC Gold Coast: “Was engrossed in his mate and it went under the water and drowned.
“It appears he was drinking in the afternoon and the fatal mix of alcohol and water appears to have taken another victim, unfortunately.”
The man was pulled out of the water unconscious before bystanders performed CPR to try to revive him.
Emergency services later arrived at the scene but were unable to resuscitate him.
A Queensland Ambulance spokesman said the man was dead by the time paramedics arrived at the golf course.
The police are making a report for the investigator.
The golf course was reopened with golfers spotted playing on the lawn early Monday morning.
Superintendent Geoff Sheldon said the man had been drinking all afternoon and described the fatal mix of alcohol and swimming as ‘fatal’
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