Crime & Safety

Cowabunga Bay Near-Drowning: Eight-Year-Old Pulled From Wave Pool

The boy was unresponsive when a lifeguard pulled him the pool Sunday evening.

An eight-year-old boy is in a hospital in Henderson after being rescued from a wave pool at Cowabunga Bay water park on Sunday. The incident happened around 6:15 Sunday evening.

The lifeguard on duty jumped in, pulled the boy out, and immediately started performing CPR.

He was then rushed to Sunrise Hospital. (Subscribe to local news alerts on Patch).

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The boy's condition has not been disclosed.

There was a similar incident about two years ago when a five-year-old boy was pulled from the wave pool. His parents sued, charging there were not enough lifeguards on duty.

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