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A Mahurangi College student had a lucky escape when he fell through the school swimming pool roof last month.
The boy crashed through roof panels and plunged approximately two storeys into the shallow end of the pool, but miraculously walked away without injury.
It is understood the student originally climbed onto the roof before school to get a ball down, but proceeded to show off to friends by ‘dancing’, and then fell through one of the clear light roof panels into the pool.
Principal David MacLeod says the student was breaking school rules that state no student may climb on any school roof.
“If a student needs to get a ball down from a roof, our caretakers are more than happy to help,” he says.
Mr MacLeod says the boy was apologetic afterwards and confirmed he suffered no injuries, despite landing towards the shallow end of the pool.
As a consequence, and as a contribution towards the cost of two roof panels that needed to be replaced, the student was tasked to work for three days to help the college caretaker during the school holidays.
