"The wave pool will remain closed today out of respect for the family," a park representative said in a statement Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at PEOPLE.

The little girl who died in a wave pool at Hersheypark was identified as 9-year-old Sophia Subedi, the Bhutanese community said in a statement Monday. “A bright, kind, and loving young girl, Sophia, ...

The death of a 9-year-old girl in a Hersehypark wave pool has officially been ruled an accidental drowning — despite earlier speculation she’d suffered a medical episode. Sophia Subedi was pronounced ...

Hersheypark’s wave pool on Thursday, where a 9-year-old girl died, was teeming with people trying to stay cool as temperatures rose into the 90s, according to an eyewitness who spoke with PennLive.

The wave pool at Georgia’s Splash in the Boro Water Park remains closed as authorities investigate reports from several Memorial Day guests who said they felt an electric shock while in the water.