7-Year-Old Dies in 1.2-Meter-Deep Wave Pool Despite Wearing Life Jacket

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With the sweltering weather, many people are visiting water parks. Over the past weekend, an elementary school student died at a water park in Gyeonggi Province, and a man in his 30s was arrested by police for sexually molesting children.

Kwon Min-kyu reports.

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A large water park in Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.

At approximately 12:10 p.m. on July 12, a report was made to 119 that an elementary school student, identified as A, had drowned.

The accident occurred while a group of about 50 children from a taekwondo gym were visiting for a water activity.

[Witness: I saw the forensics team passing by here. Police and 119 emergency responders were also moving back and forth.]

Student A was discovered face down in the water while wearing a life jacket. Although she briefly regained a pulse after receiving CPR, she eventually passed away at the hospital yesterday, July 13.

The accident took place in a section of the indoor wave pool where the water depth reaches 1.2 meters.

[Water Park Official: She was found in a section where the water was about the height of a child...]

Based on witness statements that vomit was found on the victim's life jacket, the police are conducting an autopsy. Meanwhile, they have booked the taekwondo gym instructor and the water park safety personnel on charges of professional negligence resulting in death and are currently investigating.

At the same water park, a report was made to 112 around 7:00 p.m. yesterday, July 13, alleging that an adult had sexually molested children.

[Witness: Yesterday, police officers arrested a man and took him away. He looked like he was in his early 30s. He was holding his head up high as he was taken away.]

Police arrived at the scene and arrested the man in his 30s in the act. Three child victims have been identified so far.

The police are considering requesting an arrest warrant for the man on charges of indecent assault against a minor under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes.

Reported by Kwon Min-kyu | Video by Nam Il | Design by Lee So-jeong | VJ by Lee Jun-young
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