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Durham water park employee drowns after medical episode in pool: police

A man in his 20s has drowned at the Cedar Park Resort. Global News

Police say a man in his early 20s has drowned at a water park in Durham, Ont.

Durham Regional Police said the man was pulled from a pool at the Cedar Park Resort in Clarington around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

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They said the man was an employee of the park, and was standing in the pool before the park opened when he apparently had a medical episode and slipped under the water.

Staff members pulled him out and administered CPR until paramedics arrived, police said.

The man was rushed to hospital, where he was declared dead. His name has not been released.

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