THE NEW YORK TIMES – A 9-year-old girl died on Thursday night while using a wave pool at Hersheypark in Pennsylvania, where lifeguards tried rescuing her after seeing her in distress, park officials said.
It was not clear whether the girl, whom the authorities did not name, had drowned or had experienced another issue.
The wave pool, which is known as The Shore and holds 378,000 gallons of water, remained closed on Friday. It gradually deepens from zero to six feet, according to the amusement park’s website.
John K. Lawn, the chief executive of Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, said in a statement on Thursday night that safety was the park’s top priority.
“Our hearts break for this child and the child’s family,” Mr. Lawn said. “In the coming days, we will conduct a thorough internal review and cooperate fully with the authorities.”
A person who was visiting the park at the time told the television station WGAL in Pennsylvania that they saw lifeguards performing CPR on the girl to no avail.
The park said that the girl was rushed to Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa., but could not be saved.
The coroner’s office and county did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday …
