Verlengde Gemenelandsweg died at the hospital on Saturday night. Around 14:30 that day the police officers from the Herman Gooding Police Bureau received a call regarding the incident and rushed to the scene. When the police officers arrived at the swimming pool they were told that A.R. had gone swimming but that he stayed under water for a while which is how water ended up in his lungs. The teenager had difficulty breathing and painted before being rushed to the Emergency Room at the Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP). The investigation is ongoing.