Zac Efron's swimming pool incident started when he dove into the water ... the dive was so deep, he hit the bottom of the pool and ingested water into his lungs ... TMZ has learned.
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00:00A masked up Zac Efron arriving in Miami, seemingly fine, after the terrifying pool incident in
00:07Ibiza that sent him to the hospital.
00:10And now we've learned exactly why he had to go.
00:12We're told by sources close to Zac, he dove into the pool, hit his chest on the bottom
00:19of the pool, and then ingested water into his lungs.
00:23Zac's in distress.
00:24On-site security helps him out of the pool, he's rushed to the hospital where they take
00:28a chest x-ray to make sure all the water's out.
00:30Dry drowning is a real thing.
00:32Dry drowning?
00:33You, like, get water in your lungs and you seem okay, hours later you can die.
00:38Jesus.
00:39Well, luckily that didn't happen.
00:41Our sources say Zac bounced back no problem.
00:44I swim every day.
00:45They don't understand how you dive in a pool and hit your chest in the bottom.
00:48They said it happened early Saturday morning, so it was dark outside.
00:52Maybe he didn't know where the shallow part was.
00:54Maybe he jumps in and kind of throws his arms out and slams his chest.
00:57And hey, all that muscle, no body fat, dude may have shot through the water like a damn
01:02missile.
01:03As for why Zac stayed in the hospital for so long, our sources say...
01:06There was a ton of paparazzi outside and he didn't want to be shot by the paparazzi.
01:12It seems like some information's being left out.
01:14I need to know if it was early Saturday morning or late Friday night, because you early Saturday
01:19morning is a lot different than me early Saturday morning, I swear.
01:23Main thing is he's okay.
01:25So welcome back to the States, Zac.
01:27Keep taking it easy out there.