He was pulled out by a lifeguard and treated immediately. A 16-year-old nearly drowned in the wave pool at Oceans of Fun in Kansas City, Mo., on July 12.

An 11-year-old visiting on a school trip died in the wave pool at Bingemans Amusement Park in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Two other accidents occurred in wave pools. Lifeguards tried to revive her, then she was placed on life support, but she passed away the next day. He's hoping to adopt an ordinance and begin regulating 'everything short of the private pool in residences.'Īnd an 8-year-old girl died July 22 after being pulled from a 3-foot-deep lazy river at Lake Waldo's Beach Campground in Fayetteville, N.C. Municipal pools and waterparks are not regulated by the state, said Bob Kulp, director of the Newton County (Mo.) Health Department. He was with a group of 30 children from the Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Missouri when the incident occurred.

In the aftermath, many parks and local jurisdictions are rethinking their policies.Ī 4-year-old boy drowned in the wave pool at Great America in Santa Clara, Calif., on July 12, prompting park owner Cedar Fair to require life vests for children under 48 inches at all of its parks.Ī 6-year-old boy was found under a slide in 4 feet of water at the Swimmin' Hole waterpark in Joplin, Mo., on July 17. Waterparks and waterpark resorts are reeling after a series of drownings this summer.

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