Death At The Hard Rock- Can It Be Prevented?

Sadly, there was a death at the Hard Rock Hotel on Sunday, the day they have their Rehab party. Matthew Williams of Happy Valley, OR. passed away, presumably of a broken neck.
From what witnesses are saying but police, Hard Rock and the local newspapers are not, is that it was a diving accident at the pool.
http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-death-at-rehab-at-hard-rock.html
Can that kind of accident be avoided?
First, about the pool. Like most hotel swimming pools at the large casinos, they are not deep, not more than a few feet deep at it's deepest. The pools operate mostly during the day, but some do stay open later in the evening.
For more information on Vegas's pools: http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2010/05/pool-scene-info-for-las-vegas-casinos.html
Every pool has some life guards, usually very young and cute women or young and handsome guys. I assume they have a life guarding certificate, but not positive.
Usually, the pool will have a DJ, especially on the weekends and the pools love to pack these pools in, especially with the younger crowd. There aren't too many pools on the Strip that cater to the older, heavyweight people who have beaten with an ugly stick, like myself. They cater to and go after the younger crowd with the promise of women in bikinis and men who are athletic or rich.
Mix a shallow pool, lot's of people, lots of booze which the pools push to no end, and some times drugs (I am not saying the victim in this accident was drunk or had drugs in his system) and you can end up in trouble. http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2009/09/hard-rock-rehab-tv-show-oh-oh-not-good.html
Then you add the fact that Rehab is on TV and people may be looking for their moment of fame and you end up in a situation where injury is always a possibility.
So, can this kind of accident be avoided? First, get to know the pool and know your limitations. You just cannot dive in a pool that is only a few feet deep. Watch what you drink and don't the the pool employees talk you into drinking. Many of these Rehab employees work only for a few months a year and so they need as many tips and commissions as they can get. They don't care if you are drunk. They may care if you are falling down drunk and throwing up in the pool, but that's about it. They figure you are either staying at the hotel or on the Strip, since many visitors of the pools are visitors, not locals, so you have a place to stay.
Finally, just be careful. The pools don't have safer walls or baby bumpers. They are made out of cement and it is hard. Yes, I was young once and I know how to act somewhat wild, but just don't do stupid things, like diving or pushing some into the pool.
So, my condolences to the Williams family. It is never good to bury someone so young, but I hope some people have learned a lesson here. Beware of some of the things that can happen Las Vegas. It's still more dangerous to drive to and from Las Vegas than it is to party in Las Vegas.