More details have come to light about the death of a teenager following an incident at Lambton Pool.
Police were called to the Durham Road swim centre just after 5.00pm Tuesday to reports a teenager had assaulted a member of staff.
It's now been revealed the 17-year-old was visiting the pool with his carer when he began causing harm to himself and surrounding property.
Newcastle Council has released a statement saying the boy's carer and passers-by restrained him to try to stop him doing further harm to himself, but he suffered a medical episode and went into cardiac arrest.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate the boy but he couldn't be revived.
Police have commenced a critical incident investigation.
Newcastle City Council owns the pool and a council spokesman says they are providing assistance to the pool operator, Lane 4 Aquatics and the staff involved.
