A man was in critical condition after hotel staff pulled him from a pool in St. Paul, according to police.

Officers responded to the Quality Inn on University and Prior avenues just after 4 p.m. Monday to assist St. Paul Fire Department medics. Staff had pulled the man from the hotel’s pool and began CPR, and medics took him to the hospital.

Police spoke with people at the hotel. “Preliminary information indicates that this was an accidental, but tragic, drowning,” said Alyssa Arcand, a police spokeswoman.

As of Tuesday morning, the man was in critical condition.

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