Woman's Body Goes Unnoticed in Public Pool For Days After Swimming Accident
Investigators revealed that the 36-year-old victim, Marie Joseph, was at the Veteran’s Memorial Swimming Pool in Fall River, Massachusetts while watching a 9-year old boy. The woman was using the waterslide at the facility when she unexpectedly landed on top of the child. The boy indicates the Ms. Joseph then went under the water and did not surface. The child claims that he told a lifeguard about this, but they ignored him.
Amazingly, it was not until three day later that the woman’s body was found. A few local residents had jumped the pool’s fence at 10 p.m. to swim at night while the pool was closed. Those individuals noticed the body floating in the pool and called the police.
The swimming pool had been open and was used by many visitors during the three days that the woman’s body is believed to be underwater. That means that neither lifeguards nor swimmers were able to spot the deceased victim at the body of the pool.
State officials were shocked to learn of the situation. In response, the entire lifeguarding staff was placed on temporary leave until further investigation could be conducted into the situation. In addition, each of the state’s 30 deepwater public pools were closed while safety procedures were reviewed.
The incident has startled many readers who cannot understand how such an accident could have occurred unnoticed. However, when unsafe conditions at one of these pools exist and when lifeguards and operators are not thorough in their duties, then a wide variety of shocking swimming pool accidents often strike. For example, lifeguards may not have noticed the distressed swimmer if the pool was too crowded or the water too murky. If the water slide was not placed in a proper location that allowed guards to properly observe the goings-on, then dangerous falls and collisions could happen without observers being aware.
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