PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. — Putnam County authorities on Tuesday provided more information about a drowning at the Tri-County YMCA.
According to Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton, 38-year-old Martin A. Payne of Hurricane was doing summersaults in the pool when a swimmer noticed he had not surfaced. Staff members pulled Payne from the pool and performed CPR. He was taken to a local hospital where he died.
Eggleton said Payne was underwater for 26 seconds.
Payne, who had a disability, had previously been banned from the pool following a similar incident last October, in which he almost drowned.