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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nadeem Badshah

Girl, 4, dies after pool incident at Waterworld in Stoke-on-Trent

Slide tubes at Waterworld in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Emergency services were called to Waterworld in Hanley at about 4.20pm on Monday 4 August. Photograph: Gordon Hulmes Lifestyle/Alamy

A four-year-old girl has died following an incident at a swimming pool at Waterworld in Staffordshire, police have said.

Officers were called to the water park in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, at about 4.20pm on Monday to reports of a child in a critical condition. She was treated at the scene and then taken to hospital for further treatment but later died.

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