Man Drowns In Swimming Pool At Glencoe Home, Authorities Say

GLENCOE, IL — A man drowned in a swimming pool Sunday in Glencoe, authorities said.

Public safety officers were dispatched at 12:28 p.m. to a home in the 300 block of Old Green Bay Road for a report of someone unresponsive in swimming pool.

After arriving at the scene at 12:31 p.m., the officers removed a man from the water and began life-saving efforts, according to Glencoe Public Safety Department Deputy Chief Andrew Perley.

The Glencoe officers, who are cross-trained as emergency medical technicians or paramedics, took the man to Highland Park Hospital, arriving at 1:06 p.m., Perley told Patch. The approximately 70-year-old man was pronounced dead at the hospital later in the day.

UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Lake County Coroner's Office said a 75-year-old man died in the pool as the result of a medical event, rather than a drowning. No further information was available about the man.