Man drowns in Lower Seletar Reservoir after quarrel with GF

Stomp
Thursday, Mar 07, 2013
A man drowned in Lower Seletar Reservoir on Tuesday, Mar 5, apparently after quarrelling with his girlfriend, in which the latter had asked him to retrieve a slipper from the water.
STOMPer Shahri saw police at the scene at 6pm yesterday and heard from witnesses there about what happened.
Said the STOMPer:
"A man drowned yesterday afternoon at 6pm at Yishun Reservoir, near Khatib MRT station.
"Eye witnesses says that they saw the couple quarrelling.
"They saw the girl taking her slipper and throwing it at the guy, but missed.
"The slipper landed in the water instead.
"Witnesses saw that the girl later asked the guy to jump into the water to retrieve that slipper.
"The guy jumped in, but instead of retrieving the slipper, he drowned.
"His friends tried to rescue him, but he was later pronounced dead by police when they arrived.
"I think the guy hit his head on a metal pole when he landed in the water.
"The girl was seen crying."
A spokesperson for the police said:
"Police received a call on 5th of March at about 2.27pm requesting for assistance at Lower Seletar Reservoir.
"Upon police arrival, a male body was found motionless at the said location.
"He was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene.
"Police are investigating the unnatural death."