Twelve students were taken to hospital Monday after what appears to have been an electrical incident at a waterpark in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.
Cpl. Carmen Kiener with Chilliwack RCMP confirmed in an email that the children were in stable condition after sustaining “serious but non-life-threatening injuries” at Cultus Lake Waterpark, east of Vancouver.
Ken Hoff, assistant director of communications for the Coquitlam School District, said the students from Minnekhada Middle School were being assessed for unspecified injuries.
The incident occurred during a field trip for Grade 6 and 7 students, he said.
A statement from the waterpark posted on social media didn’t say what happened, only that a “serious incident” occurred near one of the rides in the queuing area and several guests, including children, were hurt….