LATEST @ 8.20 AM | Police have revealed a man who drowned at a hotel on the Gold Coast overnight had consumed Nangs.
The 30-year-old was pulled from a spa at a hotel along Ferny Avenue in Surfers Paradise around 6.20pm on Sunday after being found by hotel management.
Despite desperate attempts by paramedics, he died at the scene.
Gold Coast Acting Chief Superintendent Scott Knowles told ABC radio the man is believed to have been huffing on the dangerous gas when he died.
“This is really concerning, this is one of those incidents involving the use of nangs, the nitrogen canisters that are used for whipped cream,” he said.
“Essentially, this 30-year-old was inhaling some of those overnight, the way that these affect the body is that they cause a lack of oxygen which is what gives that high
“But unfortunately, that led to this man falling unconscious and because he was in a spa, he drowned.”
Acting Chief Superintendent Knowles said the man was visiting the Gold Coast from Brisbane.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
EARLIER @ 6.15 AM | A man has died in a suspected drowning at a hotel on the Gold Coast overnight.
Emergency services were called to a hotel along Ferny Avenue in Surfers Paradise around 6.20pm on Sunday.
Despite the best efforts of paramedics, the man could not be saved.
Police have confirmed there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident.
It comes just weeks after a 29-year-old man died after being pulled from a pool at a backpackers resort in the same suburb.
