Man is presumed dead after getting stuck in water slide support pipe at Arizona pool

Mystery as man dies after getting stuck in water slide ‘support pipe’ at Arizona aquatic park

  • A man is presumed dead and emergency crews are working to recover his body early Monday at a water park in Arizona
  • He got stuck in a waterslide support pipe at Eldorado Aquatic Park in Scottsdale
  • It’s unknown whether the individual is a worker or someone else at the park
  • Officials initially held a rescue effort that later changed into a recovery effort  

Emergency crews are working to recover the body of a man who was found trapped in a pipe connected to a water slide in Arizona.

Early Monday morning, crews arrived to Eldorado Aquatic Park in Scottsdale where a man was discovered stuck in a support pipe. 

Fire officials said they were ‘working to free an individual trapped in a large pipe that is supporting the slides at the pool.’ Crew later said that it turned into a body recovery operation, according to ABC15.

Emergency crews are working to recovery the body of a man who was found trapped in a pipe connected to a water slide at Eldorado Aquatic Park in Scottsdale, Arizona. Crew members pictured around a water slide

Fire officials said they were 'working to free an individual trapped in a large pipe that is supporting the slides at the pool.' Crew later said that it turned into a body recovery operation

Fire officials said they were ‘working to free an individual trapped in a large pipe that is supporting the slides at the pool.’ Crew later said that it turned into a body recovery operation

It’s unclear exactly what the man was doing back there or how he got into the pipe.

Fire officials were seen draining the back pool area early Monday and said the man was about four feet down.

The facility has a lap pool, water slides, and a play gym.

It’s unknown whether the individual is a worker or someone else at the park.  

It’s unclear exactly what the man was doing back there or how he got into the pipe

It’s unclear exactly what the man was doing back there or how he got into the pipe

Fire officials were seen draining the back pool area early Monday and said the man was about four feet down

Fire officials were seen draining the back pool area early Monday and said the man was about four feet down

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