A water park the place an 11-year-old woman died has been prevented from reopening by its native council on well being and security grounds.
Liquid Leisure has been informed it should present it has decreased the danger of drowning earlier than enterprise can resume, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead mentioned.
“We have served a notice prohibiting all recreational activities associated with the lake until Liquid Leisure has satisfied the council they have suitable and sufficient risk assessments to prevent or reduce the risk of drowning,” a council spokesman mentioned.
Emergency providers had been known as to the park close to Datchet on 6 August after the youngster was reported lacking.
Around two hours later, she was discovered and brought to Wexham Park Hospital, the place she died.
Thames Valley Police has mentioned the woman’s demise just isn’t being handled as suspicious however as unexplained and a file was being ready for the coroner.
The aqua assault course had remained closed “out of respect” for the teen’s household till the beginning of this week, Liquid Leisure mentioned.
However, it has been informed that it can not reopen but.
The council launched a well being and security investigation on 9 August “to determine any potential breaches under relevant health and safety legislation”.
Last week, Liquid Leisure mentioned its “thoughts and prayers” had been with the kid’s household, mates and all these affected by the “desperately tragic and upsetting incident”.
A witness informed Sky News mentioned there was “chaos” on the park after the woman’s disappearance.
“There was a ridiculous amount of people on the inflatables,” the lady, who didn’t wish to be named, mentioned.
“It was just chaos, people were falling in and jumping off, it would have been hard to keep track of.”
She added that there was a younger woman “running up and down asking if anyone had goggles, shouting ‘we need to look for her under the water'”.
She criticised the park, saying there was “no emergency plan” and workers “did not have any tannoy system or any alarm”.
Source: information.sky.com”