A 32-year-old man has died after being trapped for hours in the water glass pipe at an aquatic center in Arizona, police said.
A police officer patrolling the area near the Eldorado Aquatic and Fitness Center in Scottsdale heard what he believed to be a loud call for help at about 12:30 p.m. Monday.
After an extensive search, officers determined the calls came from inside the locked aquatic center, Scottsdale police said in a news release.
Police said the man entered the facility by climbing over a fence and then crawled inside from a large cylindrical steel center support in front of the waterfront, where he was standing.
Officers and firefighters had limited communication with the man before he became unresponsive and died, police said.
It then took several hours to dismantle the structure to recover its body.
The man has been identified, but his name is being withheld pending notification of survivors.
The investigation is ongoing. The facility has a swimming pool with 13 routes, four diving boards, two large water slides, a large playground, a water playground and a fitness center, according to its website.
Calls to the aquatic center went unanswered Monday.
