A 22-year-old University of Nebraska Omaha Basketball player drowned in the Blackridge reservoir in Utah during the weekend.
Said the police They responded on Saturday evening at 5:40 PM to a phone call about two people struggling in the reservoir in Herriman, Utah.
Sa Mafutaga, 21, took the coast before he returned to the reservoir to try to help Deng Mayar, 22. After Mafutaga Mayar could not help, bystanders entered the water to save him. Mafutaga was transported to a hospital and is expected to recover.
The police said Mayar went under water about 35 feet from the coast. Authorities used an immersion to perform an hour -long search for him. His body was found by a diving team at 11 p.m. and he was declared dead.
Mayar, a 6-foot-7-inch Vooruit from Utah, played at the University of North Dakota before he came to the Omaha Men’s team. Chris Crutchfield, the basketball head coach of Omaha Men, said in a statement That the program is “destroyed” about the death of the 22-year-old.
“After we had compete against him for two years, we were delighted to add him to our team and he made enormous progress this summer,” said Crutchfield. “Deng was a pleasure to be in the neighborhood and to make our culture better. We will miss him enormously. [My wife] Jodi and I, together with our entire program, send our hearts and prayers to the family, friends and teammates of Deng. ‘
Mayar studied in the graduate program for business administration in Omaha and leaves his parents and six brothers and sisters behind.
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Blackridge reservoir closed after drowning Mayar, but reopened on Monday morning. According to Herriman, the website of UtahThe reservoir does not have a lifeguard, but visitors can do paddleboard and kayak there after completing a compulsory mussel -conscious skipper course.
In June 2016A 31-year-old man drowned in the Reservoir-De Third drowning since it was opened in 2009, According to KSL News Utah. The exhaust reported that the reservoir in some areas is 15 feet deep.
The city of Herriman, Utah, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
