A child who visited an Orange County water park on Saturday has died, police said.
The Irvine Police Department said in a statement that a child at Wild Rivers, a sprawling complex with slides, pools and other attractions, was taken shortly after 11 a.m. to the hospital and pronounced dead.
No information was available about the boy's identity or age, and police did not detail what led to the boy being taken to the hospital.
The death “does not appear” to be “water related,” Irvine police said.
Wild Rivers reopens in 2022 in a new, larger location in Orange County Great Park, with 20 slides and attractions and a large wave pool. The public park is leased to Wild Rivers, which shares part of its revenue with the city of Irvine.
The original Wild Rivers Water Park was open from 1986 until 2011, when it closed to make way for housing development.
