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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kevin Rawlinson and agency

Girl, 11, who drowned at water park was unlawfully killed, coroner finds

Kyra Hill, 11, drowned during a birthday party at a water park near Windsor in August 2022.
Kyra Hill, 11, drowned during a birthday party at a water park near Windsor in August 2022. Photograph: Family handout

An 11-year-old girl who drowned during a birthday party at a water park was a “beautiful, beaming beacon of light”, her father told an inquest where a coroner found she was unlawfully killed.

Kyra Hill got into difficulty in a designated swimming area in a lake at Liquid Leisure near Windsor, in Berkshire, on 6 August 2022. On Tuesday the senior coroner Heidi Connor said there had been gross health and safety breaches at the park.

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