{"id":318304,"date":"2025-08-04T22:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/318304\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T22:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:59:12","slug":"girl-4-dies-after-incident-at-midland-waterpark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/318304\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl, 4, dies after incident at Midland waterpark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The youngster was rushed to hospital in a critical condition but sadly nothing could be done to save her<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_Wave-pool-1600x1200.jpg\" alt=\"A four-year-old girl has tragically died following an incident at Waterworld\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A four-year-old girl has tragically died following an incident at Waterworld(Image: Waterworld )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A four-year-old girl has tragically died following an incident at a waterpark in the West Midlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Emergency services were alerted to a girl in a critical condition at Waterworld in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/staffordshire\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Staffordshire<\/a> at around 4.20pm today (August 4).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police, ambulances and an air ambulance<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/midland-water-park-closes-police-32199198\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> rushed to the scene<\/a> in Festival Way, in the Hanley area of Stoke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE:<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/midland-water-park-closes-police-32199198\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Midland water park closes and police swarm after major incident<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a>, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The child was treated by paramedics from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-ambulance-service\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Ambulance Service<\/a> and Waterworld staff before being rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Despite the best efforts of hospital staff, she died a short while later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/staffordshire\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Staffordshire<\/a> Police says the girl&#8217;s next of kin have been informed and they&#8217;re being supported by specially-trained officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Detective Chief Inspector Lucy Maskew from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/staffordshire\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Staffordshire<\/a> Police urged members of the public not to speculate on the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Det Ch Insp Maskew said: &#8220;Our thoughts are with the family at this terribly sad time.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking news straight to your WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">BirminghamLive readers get the very latest breaking news through <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">our WhatsApp community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">All you have to do is <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">click this link<\/a> and select &#8216;Join Chat&#8217; and you are in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like by selecting &#8216;exit group&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We are now making enquiries and looking to establish the circumstances of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We would ask that members of the public avoid speculating in these early stages of the investigation and allow the family to grieve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A Waterworld spokesperson added: &#8220;It is with great sadness that we learned of this little girl\u2019s passing this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;All our thoughts are with her family and loved ones during these extremely difficult times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Waterworld is in shock and has decided to remain closed tomorrow out of respect for the family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Waterworld is working closely with the authorities at this sad time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has knowledge of it is asked to call 101 quoting incident number 460 of August 4.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The youngster was rushed to hospital in a critical condition but sadly nothing could be done to save&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,604,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-318304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-staffordshire","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114972981710467002","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}