A STAG-DO lad cheated death as the first person to swim across the US’s Hoo­ver Dam reservoir.

Arron Hughes went in to the water on a visit to the 725ft-high structure.

6 A British man has become the first person to swim across the US's Hoover Dam

6 Arron Hughes went in to the water on a visit to the 725ft-high structure

He escaped being dragged under during his 30-minute swim only because nine of its ten hydroelectric turbines were off.

Arron, 28, said: “It was so hot that as soon as we arrived I jumped in.

“Then I just thought, ‘Why not keep going?’

“I was sucked towards the wall and had to swim hard. At the other side I was exhausted. Then I heard police shout.”

The Hoover Dam, on the border of Arizona and Nevada, provides water and electricity for Las Vegas — but 275 people have died there in a decade.

Forklift driver Arron, of Ruthin, North Wales, was handcuffed and fined £250.

6 Arron, left, was on a stag-do when he completed the feat - only surviving because nine out of ten turbines were turned off

Arron said: “The police couldn’t believe it because I was the only person who had made it across alive.

“They said they weren’t going to send me to jail as I was the only person who had ever achieved it.

“People say it’s like something out of The Hangover.”

6 When he got out of the water Arron was quickly handcuffed by cops

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6 The stag do reveller was handed a £250 fine

6 The Hoover Dam, on the border of Arizona and Nevada, provides water and electricity for Las Vegas Credit: Photographers Choice RF - Getty