Man dead after being found in pool at Northfield senior center
A senior center in Northfield closed for a day because a 70-year-old man was declared dead after being found unresponsive in its pool Friday.
According to the Northfield Police Department, officers were called to FiftyNorth, a senior center on the 1600 block of Jefferson Parkway, just before 6 p.m.
At the scene, officers found a 70-year-old man who was unresponsive in the facility’s pool. Bystanders got the man out of the water before emergency responders performed life-saving measures, though he was pronounced dead at the scene.
FiftyNorth was closed Saturday as a result of the incident. The Northfield Police Department, along with the Rice County Sheriff’s Office, are investigating it as a possible drowning.
The man's identity has not been released.
