23-year-old man drowns during outing with friends

Twenty-three-year-old Stephen Wayne Major of Self-Help Scheme, Amelia’s Ward, Linden, was pronounced dead moments after he was pulled from the water at Buck Town Christianburg, Wismar. The now dead man had gone to the location on an outing with friends on Monday.
Police stated that on the day in question at about 13:00h, the victim and his friends went to Buck Town to hangout and swim.
“Upon arrival, they began consuming alcohol, after which they went into the water, whilst the deceased went around the koker area in the water and it appeared that he was doing stunts in the water by throwing himself in the water and coming back up as though he was plunging down in the water and was raising up back,” the Police stated.
However, according to an eyewitness, Major went under the water for about two minutes and resurfaced a short distance away from the koker front. As such, one of the men attempted to rescue him but failed due to the strong water current.
Five other men who were present went into the water and managed to pull him to shore in an unconscious state. CPR was conducted on him but he failed to regain consciousness.
Major was taken to the Linden Hospital Complex where he was pronounced dead on arrival. His body is at the mortuary awaiting a post-mortem.