An outing involving a group of 15 friends, all males, at the Lake Mainstay Resort late Sunday afternoon turned tragic when 24- year-old Vagai Lall drowned while swimming.

Reports reaching the Guyana Chronicle state that Lall and his friends left their homes in Golden Fleece on the Essequibo Coast earlier in the day to have a cook-out at the lake.

Around 17:45h, as Lall’s friends were packing up to leave, they realised that Lall was nowhere to be found. The friends raised an alarm and swimmers quickly launched a search. They called family members and informed the authorities at the lake.

Some of Lall’s relatives arrived at the lake a short time later and a second search was launched, along with a team which the authorities at the lake had gathered.

Lall’s body was found at the bottom of the lake by an Amerindian man.

Reports said he was still alive when he was brought out of the lake. CPR was administered by a woman at the resort and Lall was rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

A source close to the newspaper when contacted described the young man as a very loving and caring person.

He has left to mourn his father, mother, a brother and a sister.

A postmortem was expected to be performed yesterday to determine the cause of death.

The Anna Regina Police are investigating the drowning. (Brandon Cabose)