A level 300 student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi has died after diving from the facility’s highest platform into a swimming pool on campus.
David Osei Agyapong, a chemical engineering student, was swimming with friends when he attempted the dive at about 5:20 pm on Saturday, November 7, 2026.
A short video circulating on social media appears to show Mr Agyapong jumping from the 17.6-foot-high platform and entering the water.
He reportedly failed to resurface several seconds after the dive, prompting an immediate rescue effort involving other swimmers, bystanders and pool attendants.
Staff at the facility pulled him from the water and attempted to revive him using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but those efforts were unsuccessful.
Mr Agyapong was taken to KNUST hospital for emergency treatment, but he could not be saved.
KNUST said it was mourning the student’s death and confirmed that police had begun investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
The university described Mr Agyapong as an experienced swimmer who regularly used the swimming facility. He was also a member of the university’s basketball team.
His body has been deposited at the morgue of the School of Medical Sciences at the university, where an autopsy is expected to be conducted.
