A 21-year-old man drowned earlier today (28 March) after going swimming in a canal at Serangoon with his friends at about 5am.
He disappeared shortly after going into the water.
The victim’s father said that he was alerted by the police about the incident at around 7am, he then rushed down to the scene.
He divulged that he did not know that his son had gone swimming with his friends.
He also shared that his son’s friends didn’t hear or see signs of struggle during the incident.
The group started searching for him when they realised that he had gone missing, but it was to no avail.
That was when they called the police.
The SCDF said that they received a call at around 5.45am for water rescue assistance at a canal that was situated underneath the junction of Upper Serangoon Road and Buangkok Drive.
When the SCDF arrived, there was no sign of the victim.
2 divers from the Disaster Assistance Rescue Team (DART) performed an underwater seach using a Remotely Operated Vehicle due to the poor visibility underwater.
A body was then subsequently retrieved by the divers, 6 metres from shore and at a depth of 2 metres.
The young man was pronounced dead at the scene.