A person died after leaping right into a man-made lake Wednesday morning at SoFi Stadium — the house of the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers, authorities mentioned.
The 45-year-old man was reportedly trespassing on the property of the Inglewood, California stadium at about 6 a.m. when he ventured to the 15-foot-deep lake, swam to the middle and by no means resurfaced, Inglewood Mayor James Butts mentioned at a press convention.
The person, who hasn’t been recognized, first hopped a fence to entry the car parking zone of the stadium.
Stadium safety guards noticed the person on surveillance footage and referred to as police, however the rescue effort rapidly changed into a physique retrieval mission.
Divers from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Division Particular Enforcement Bureau recovered the person’s physique from the lake greater than three hours later.
Officers don’t know why the person was on the stadium or why he went into the water, Butts mentioned.
The mayor added that he didn’t imagine there was something SoFi Stadium may have completed to forestall the tragedy.
The 45-year-old man was reportedly trespassing on the property.SEBLASD/TwitterDivers from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Division Particular Enforcement Bureau recovered the person’s physique.SEBLASD/TwitterSoFi Stadium is dwelling to the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers. Los Angeles Occasions / Polaris“That is somebody who made a acutely aware determination to trespass onto the property, get into the lake and he ended up having some misery and problem so I don’t suppose that SoFi may have completed to forestall this,” Butts mentioned.
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