Cliff Notes
- The inquest revealed that Liquid Leisure, the water park where Kyra Hill drowned, lacked signs warning of deep water, misleading visitors about safety.
- Eyewitness accounts indicated there was a significant delay in the response to detect Kyra, taking over an hour before she was found after emergency services were alerted.
- The water park’s owner acknowledged that more lifeguards should have been present, admitting that current policies were inadequate given the number of guests in the swimming area.
Water park where 11-year-old girl drowned had no deep water warnings, inquest hears | UK News
A water park where an 11-year-old girl drowned during a birthday party had no signs warning of deep water, an inquest has heard.
Kyra Hill went missing in a designated swimming area at Liquid Leisure near Windsor, Berkshire, in August 2022.
Although signs warned the water was shallow it was actually metres deep in places, the hearing was told.
Kyra was found more than an hour after emergency services were called and was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.