9-year-old dies at Hersheypark Boardwalk waterpark

[Oldiesmann]

Image from the park's Facebook page.

More info: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2025/07/25/hersheypark-death-what-we-know-about-child-drowning-at-boardwalk/85370065007/

[faeriewench]

Thats horrible

[Oldiesmann]

It is, and I already saw one person on Facebook who claimed that the statement from the park is them "admitting to their mistakes" even though we don't have all the details about what happened.

[Browntggrr]

It has been reported on social media the victim had a seizure that resulted in the drowning.  Coroner's report disputes that:

https://people.com/authorities-confirm-cause-of-death-for-9-year-old-killed-in-hershey-park-wave-pool-11779588

Very sad to all those directly involved.