Does money buy happiness? In this case, it appears so.

The Dauphin County Coroner’s Office confirmed Monday, July 28, that Sophia Subedi, 9, of Harrisburg, died from freshwater drowning after being pulled from Hersheypark’s wave pool on Thursday, July 24.

It’s unclear if the wave pool developers would want to move forward with a smaller version, with now only 20,000 square feet of development allowed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the modern wave pool boom may no longer be in its primordial stages, as big players have come to the table and are building ...

Editor’s Note 7/27/25: This story was updated with additional information from Hersheypark. A 9-year-old girl was in Hersheypark’s wave pool before she died Thursday, the park confirmed. Derry ...

A child died after an incident at a Pennsylvania theme park’s wave pool. The 9-year-old, who was not identified, was at the wave pool at The Boardwalk at Hersheypark, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on July ...

Adrian “Ace” Buchan and Glenn “Micro” Hall – two of the greatest competitive surfing minds, turned surf coaches, to come out of Australia ever – recently found themselves in a seemingly suspect ...

The question before the council tonight is whether to reverse the prior approval of the wave pool project or, if not, which future ballot to put the referendum on, the June 2 primary or the Nov. 3 ...

Despite the snowstorm that rolled in over the weekend, crews made excellent progress on the Wave Pool and bathhouse.

STATESBORO, Ga. (WTOC) - Splash in the Boro, Statesboro’s water park and aquatic center, is set to reopen its wave pool after being temporarily closed. The park released a statement Monday regarding ...

PRINCETON — Princeton’s new aquatic facility and wave pool project is moving closer to the construction phase. Two low bids for the project were recently accepted by the Princeton City Council. The ...