The Tesano Police are investigating the death of a 17-year-old student who drowned last Sunday in a private swimming pool belonging to a doctor at Tesano. Richmond Vifah, a form one student of Christian Methodist Senior High School, Aplaku near Weija, was with three of his schoolmates when he allegedly jumped into the seven-foot swimming pool. The tragedy happened around 6:00p.m. at Tesano Bungalow, Tsikata Road, Accra. ASP George Asare, the Tesano District Crime Officer, told Daily Guide that on that fateful day, the deceased, together with a friend, Shadrack Allottey, both from Kasoa in the Central Region, visited two sisters by name Beatrice and Bernice Kpodo in their house at Tesano. After some minutes of chatting with the ladies, Richmond expressed interest in using their pool but the girls declined. “The girls were said to have told him that their elder brother, who is a caretaker of the house, had warned them not to use the pool.” Richmond then persisted that they talk to the brother to allow him to swim. Beatrice Kpodo initially went outside the house to look for the brother but could not find him and so asked Richmond to wait until the brother came. Richmond, together with Shadrack, however, went and sat at the edge of the pool with his feet in the water, chatting. After chatting for some time, the deceased jumped into the water and asked Shadrack to also jump in for them to swim together, but the latter declined, saying that he is not a good swimmer. While Richmond was dying in the water, and the girls were shouting, Shadrack thought he was doing acrobatics and urged the ladies to keep quiet. After some time, they realized that Richmond had sunk down and could not come up and so called for help. When the victim was removed from the pool, water was gushing out of all his openings- the nose, mouth, ears and eyes and was rushed to the Hobard Clinic, Tesano for medical care. He was later referred to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body has since been deposited at the Police Hospital Morgue awaiting autopsy. Shadrack, Bernice and Beatrice were arrested by the police to help in their investigations but were granted bail. ASP Asare said the police did not suspect any foul play but they were awaiting the autopsy report to determine the next line of action.