A 23 year-old man died during a breath-holding contest at a friend’s lakeside bacherlor party, police say.

Robert Zachary Bunsa, who was knock as Zach, was pronounced dead shortly after being pulled from Lake Sinclair in Rocky Creek, Ga., Saturday.

Capt. Brad King from Baldwin County Sheriff’s Department said afterwards: ‘He was in town for a bachelor party and apparently he was attempting to see how long he could hold his breath.

Zach Bunsa (pictured right) who died during a breath-holding contest at a friend’s bachelor party (Picture: Facebook)

‘It’s just an unfortunate, tragic accident.’


Bunsa was one of 15 men attending the party, with his friends diving into the water to look for him when they realized he was missing, NJ.com reported.



He was found in five to 10 feet of water close to a dock, with an emergency helicopter called in to lifeflight Bunsa to a nearby hospital.

Sadly, Bunsa, who is originally from Bernards, NJ., died at the scene.

Capt. King said no one would be charged over the student’s death, which he called a ‘tragic accident’.

Zach died during a breath-holding contest at Lake Sinclair in Georgia (Picture: Google Maps)

He added: ‘I don’t know if that was something that was going on all afternoon or if that was spur of the moment, “Let me see how long I can hold my breath for” type of thing.’

The student attended Koinonia Academy in Plainfield, Ga., and was a member of the school’s basketball team.

Bunsa’s former boss Lauren Rubio, who hired him to work as a waiter said: ‘He was an awesome young man.

‘We were very blessed to have him.

‘He always carried himself as a mature, strong person, even when we hired him (as a high school student).

‘We have only good things to say about him.’