Emergency personnel responded to a drowning incident at a house on Lakeview Terrace within the Goshen Fire District simply west of Wilkesboro late Saturday afternoon.
Robert Jeffrey Huffman, 62, was pronounced deceased on the scene, mentioned Mark Wood, chief of the Goshen Fire Department.
Wood mentioned he responded when the Wilkes Communications Center dispatched his division at 5:08 p.m. after the communications middle obtained a name a couple of drowning on the Lakeview Terrace deal with.
Wood mentioned he discovered Yevette Huffman on the deal with administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to Huffman, who was her husband.
Wood mentioned the 2 have been on steps within the beneath floor pool, the place she had introduced her husband after discovering him elsewhere within the pool. He mentioned she wasn’t in a position to get him any farther.
Wood mentioned he started administering CPR and continued till Wilkes Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived.
Wood mentioned it wasn’t clear how Huffman ended up within the pool, however he was absolutely gown as a substitute of being dressed for swimming. He added that the duvet on the pool had been taken off.
Yevette Huffman said that she got here house, could not discover her husband in the home and located him within the pool, unconscious and never respiration. She mentioned he was carrying sweat pants, a t-shirt and sneakers when she discovered him.
According to data given when Goshen first responders and Wilkes EMS have been dispatched, the Wilkes Communications Center was advised that the sufferer was unconscious and wasn’t respiration when the incident was reported.
The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office additionally was dispatched, which is customary for such an incident. No data on the incident from the sheriff’s workplace was instantly obtainable.
Lakeview Terrace is a residential avenue off Lakeview Drive and is close to N.C. 268 West.