Child drowns days after hotel waterpark opens
First Choice is investigating the death of a five-year old girl who drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Egypt days after the hotel opened.
Chloe Johnson, from south London, died in the waterpark at the Coral Sea Waterworld hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh on Friday.
Her mother, Sarah Thompson, said she and her partner had left their daughter playing at the side of the toddler pool while they fetched drinks.
But Chloe was found lying unconscious at the side of the pool after wandering into the wave pool yards away, reports the Daily Mail.
The mother of the five year old said there were no lifeguards on duty and the ambulance took four hours to arrive.
The Coral Sea Waterworld hotel, on Nabq Bay, only opened earlier this month on May 1, confirmed First Choice.
A spokeswoman said: "First Choice and the hotel operator are working closely with the authorities leading the investigation to understand how the incident occurred.
"In view of that investigation it would be entirely inappropriate for us to speculate or comment further. Our priority is to provide support to the family at this extremely difficult time."
Ashraf Khalil, the general manager of the Coral Sea Waterworld, told the Press Association: "The hotel is waiting to finalise its investigation into what happened together with the official investigation of the Egyptian district attorney and Egyptian police.
"We are also, in collaboration with First Choice, flying in investigators from the UK today. We want to see the facts and the most important fact here is that our hearts and souls are with the family and with little Chloe.
"We are taking care of them so they are not bothered in this time of grief and we wish to express our deepest condolences to them. We are sorry this has happened. When the investigation concludes we will be able to give answers."
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