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Davenport North High School student drowns during PE
class; Teacher and paramedics tried to revive
15-year-old By Quad-City Times staff
A 15-year-old student at Davenport North High School died Monday
afternoon of an apparent drowning during a physical education class.
According to family members, Kwong Lee was a freshman at North, and
moved here just over a year ago with his sister and parents.
Davenport Police say they are investigating the incident, which
occurred in the pool of the adjacent North Family Y facility on the North
High campus.
According to reports, the student was unresponsive when pulled from the
pool.
Davenport Police Capt. David Struckman said a teacher and paramedics
both performed CPR at the scene.
Lee was transported to Trinity at Terrace Park Hospital in Bettendorf,
where he was pronounced dead at 2:10 p.m., police said.
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