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Tel Aviv water park's director, lifeguard arrested over boy's death

By Roni Singer-Heruti, Haaretz Correspondent

Police arrested the director of Tel Aviv's Meimadion water park on Wednesday, on suspicion of causing a death by negligence after an eleven-year-old boy drowned at the park earlier in the day.

The lifeguard on duty at the time was also arrested on suspicion of causing death by negligence. Police will seek a remand extension Thursday for both the director, a 45-year-old Rosh Ha'ayin resident, and the lifeguard, a 20-year-old Ramat Gan resident.

The boy, a resident of Jaser A-Zarka, drowned at approximately 1:30 P.M, after sliding into the pool at the foot of the waterslide.

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Medics treated the boy on site. He was pronounced in critical condition when he was drawn from the water. Efforts to resuscitate the boy continued while he was rushed to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Dan District police, together with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, are investigating the possibility of negligence in the incident, probing the conduct of lifeguards on the scene.

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