Man and woman arrested after boy, 5, dies at water park

Incident: police were called to Bosworth Water Park
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Hannah Al-Othman25 July 2016
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Two people have been arrested after a five-year-old boy died following an incident at a water park.

Leicestershire Police were called to Bosworth Water Park at about 3.50pm yesterday after a young boy was rushed to hospital.

The child was taken to University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, where he later died.

A man and woman were detained following the incident, and are currently being questioned by police.

"We would ask that people do not speculate about the incident and the circumstances surrounding the death and leave the authorities to carry out their investigations," a force spokesman said.

A statement issued by Bosworth Water Park on Facebook read: "From all of the staff at Bosworth Water Park, we would like to pass on our deepest sympathies to everyone affected by this tragic loss of life."

Commenting on the company's Facebook post, Raegan Birley said: "We were quite near and were totally shaken seeing this happen.

"To everyone that helped, you worked so so hard, it must be devastating to see this news.

"To this little boy's family I am so so sorry. Things can change in seconds and this must be horrific for any family to go through."

Penny Broughton added: "I was helping today with the CPR and it truly was (the) most heartbreaking thing I've done."

While Melanie Allen posted: "Saw this horrible tragedy yesterday and will never get those images out of my head."

Officers have asked that anyone who witnessed the incident or those who have footage at the park around the blue lagoon beach to call 101, quoting incident 440 of July 23.

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