Sunday 7 August 2022 10:52 PM Horror for witnesses as girl, 11, dies on birthday trip to water park trends now
A girl of 11 died at a water park birthday party after she went missing on a giant inflatable assault course.
The victim, named by witnesses as Kyra, was supposed to be on the Total Wipeout-style challenge with around ten friends for an hour-long session at 3pm on Saturday.
But the fun turned into ‘complete chaos’ after the mother of one of the children started screaming her name at around 3.40pm. Witnesses yesterday slammed the water park for an alleged lack of an emergency plan and teenage lifeguards ‘not prepared’ to deal with the tragedy.
It is believed Kyra had not returned from the inflatable session, prompting parents and staff to start searching changing rooms at Liquid Leisure, near Datchet, Berkshire. Some children suggested she could not swim and was last seen ‘going underwater’, sparking panic.
A girl of 11 died at a water park birthday party after she went missing on a giant inflatable assault course
Lifeguards were reportedly running all over the obstacles and looking under them
The tragic incident too place at the lake by Liquid Leisure in Windsor
Lifeguards sprinted around asking visitors for goggles as they apparently had no diving equipment to search under the inflatables. Emergency services were only called at 3.55pm, while a mother claimed it took staff 20 minutes to clear the lake.
Adults dived in and began frantically searching for the child before police and firefighters arrived and two helicopters were scrambled. Kyra was found at 5.10pm and taken to Wexham Park Hospital – but could not be saved.
Police are now investigating her death, which is being treated as unexplained. Witnesses slammed the ‘monstrosity’ at Liquid Leisure, claiming the teenage lifeguards ‘were not prepared’.
The 11-year-old girl got into difficulty at Liquid Leisure in Datchet (site pictured this morning)
An investigation into how the child tragically died yesterday were still ongoing this morning
James Bull, 25, was among the visitors who tried to find Kyra. ‘It was a complete shambles,’ he told the
