'Void' left by tragedy; WALSALL: Club pays tribute to rugby playing father who died in swimming accident.Byline: By Steve Johnson Steve Johnson is the name of:
TRIBUTES were today paid to a Walsall father of three who drowned in a swimming pool tragedy while recuperating from a serious sporting injury. Keen Walsall Rugby Club player Adrian Miles, aged 49, of Sutton Road, suffered severe bruising bruising discoloration and actual hemorrhage at the site of injury, and a serious disadvantage in the meat trade. In the first 12 hours after injury the bruise is bright red, at 24 hours it is dark red, at 24 to 36 hours it loses its firm consistency and becomes watery and at 3 or of the spine when he was injured going into a tackle at Wednesbury in May last year. He was battling his way back to full fitness and was swimming as part of his recovery when he drowned in the pool at the University of Wolverhampton's Walsall campus. A spokesman for the university said in a statement today: "At about 5.45pm on July 27, lifeguards at our Walsall campus swimming pool in Gorway Road were alerted to a swimmer lying at the bottom of the pool. "Two lifeguards pulled the member of the public from the water and performed CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac until ambulance crews arrived. "The man was taken to Walsall Manor Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police arrived and the pool was closed for the rest of the day. "The Health and Safety Executive has been informed of the incident and we are conducting an internal inquiry to determine the full facts. "We take safety very seriously at the University and have trained lifeguards on duty at all times at the pool. Our deepest condolences go to his family." Mr Miles was managing director of plastic film coating company Folex Limited, based in Shirley, Solihull. David Rogers, secretary of Walsall Rugby Club, today paid a glowing tribute to Mr Miles. "Adrian was very well respected and liked within the club, both as a past player and as a coach with the under-13s," he said. "Adrian was a very keen player and suffered severe spinal injuries when he was injured going into a tackle during a fun day at Wednesbury Rugby Club in May last year. "He was left paralysed from the neck down for several weeks and was in the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust in Oswestry, Shropshire, England provides elective orthopaedic surgery and musculoskeletal medical services. at Oswestry for more than two months. "But he was well on the road to recovery and although he was never going to be able to play again he had fought his way back to 75 or 80 per cent full fitness. "He was swimming as part of his training regime when the tragedy happened and his death has left a tremendous void at the club. He was an active playing member of the club until his playing accident on May 1 last year. But he was back home, back at work and able to drive again. "It's such a tragedy. He was fighting back after an awful playing accident and then drowned as part of his rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. and recovery regime which he had worked out for himself." |
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