A spokesperson confirmed a 9-year-old girl died at the wave pool at the Boardwalk at Hersheypark on Thursday, July 24, 2025.

Hersheypark formally opened on Memorial Day, May 30, 1906 along the banks of Spring Creek. It was the perfect spot for picnicking, boating, and canoeing. In 1971, the park started a five-year conversion from a regional amusement park to one of America's most popular theme parks.

At just nine years old, she was full of promise, innocence, and joy— a light in the lives of all who knew her.” Tirak Niroula, chairman of the Bhutanese

A traumatized witness has recalled the moment she saw a “limp” child being dragged out of a wavepool at Hersheypark’s water park in Pennsylvania — before lifeguards frantically tried

A 9-year-old child died after visiting the water park in Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark, the company has confirmed.