Man drowns in pool, could be work comp case
This is just very sad. From the Chicago Suntimes:
Swimmer drowns at indoor pool on NW Side
A man who was in the county on business dove into an indoor swimming pool at an apartment complex on the Northwest Side and apparently drowned Thursday night on the Northwest Side.
At 6:35 p.m. a 911 call after the man -- who was identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as 25-year-old Ashish Kumar -- was found at an indoor swimming pool at the Pavilion Apartments, at 5461 N. East River Rd., police said.
Pictures from a video camera showed the pool and a man walking out of the area, leaving Kumar by himself. Then Kumar dove into the deep end of the pool which is about 8 feet deep and the video showed him struggling to swim, panicking and then sinking to the bottom of the pool, police said.
The man who was there earlier came back and called someone from the building, who called 911.
Kumar, 25, was was pronounced dead at 7:36 p.m. at Resurrection Medical Center, according to the medical examiner's office.
Police said Kumar was here on business and was staying at a corporate residence at 5441 N. East River Rd., police said.
Police said there is not a lifeguard on duty, but warning signs are posted.
Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said police began a death investigation at 6:50 p.m.
Foul play is not suspected and Grand Central Area detectives are investigating.
Not to be insensitive, but the purpose of this blog is education. Since Mr. Kumar was here on business and was doing a reasonably foreseeable activity, his estate would have a workers' compensation claim in Illinois. At the least like any other death case in Illinois they would have to pay all of his medical bills and $8,000 toward funeral costs. If he had a wife or children they would get a minimum of $500,000.00 as a death benefit, likely more given his young age.
