Judge forwards recommendations after water park death

A public inquiry has released recommendations to prevent similar tragedies that took the life of a five-year-old at a water park in Lethbridge in 2010.

A judge has given his recommendations following the death of a young boy at a Ramada Hotel in September 2010 in Lethbridge.

Maddox Yellow Wings was attending a water park at the Ramada Hotel and when the family was ready to leave, they noticed that the boy wasn’t with them.

A few minutes later, one of Maddox’s relatives said they spotted the boy at the bottom of the pool.

He was pulled from the water and given CPR.

Yellow Wings was taken to Lethbridge Hospital where he later died.

The report said that Maddox died as a result of a drowning and his death has been deemed accidental.

The judge has since recommended that all swimming pools be required to have an independent safety audit before they open and those pools should be reviewed on a semi-annual basis.