8-year-old girl drowns at Malacca water theme park

 

The case has been classified as sudden death. (Freepik pic)

ALOR GAJAH: An eight-year-old girl died after she was found unconscious at the wave pool of a water theme park here yesterday.

District police chief Arshad Abu said police received a call from the Alor Gajah Hospital emergency department at 3.15pm informing them about the death of Puteri Sofea Hanis Dania Jamaluddin.

“According to the initial investigation, she was found at the edge of the one-metre deep pool where waves gradually build up every 20 minutes.

“A staff member on duty performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation and later took the victim to the hospital for treatment,” he said in a statement.

Arshad said post-mortem results revealed that the death was due to drowning.

He said he was informed that the victim was on holiday with her mother and 78 community members from Kampung Sungai Tuansih, Tanjung Sedili, Kota Tinggi, Johor.

“The group arrived at the theme park at about 11am and was there for a day outing,“ he said, adding that investigations showed no signs of foul play and the case has been classified as sudden death. - FMT