A 21-month-old girl has died after slipping from her father’s arms on a slide at a Croatian waterpark. Locals and visitors are devastated by the rare and tragic incident.
A day at the waterpark turned into an unimaginable tragedy when a 21-month-old toddler from Germany died after reportedly slipping from her dad’s arms while going down a slide at Aquagan waterpark in Lopar, Croatia.
The little girl fell from a height of about 3.5 meters (yep, that’s over 11 feet) and hit the concrete below. Emergency crews acted fast—she was airlifted to Rijeka Hospital, but despite doctors doing everything they could, she didn’t survive her brain and internal injuries.
Witnesses at the scene described the chaos. “The waiter had just brought me coffee,” one person recalled. “When we heard crying and shouting, we thought the child had drowned. Then we saw a man carrying the child on the side. A doctor from Slovenia happened to be there and immediately came to help.”
CPR was performed on the spot for several minutes before the girl was rushed off by helicopter. The Rijeka Hospital Clinical Centre later released a statement: “Despite prompt care, multiple interventions and intensive treatment, the child died in the morning hours.”
Lopar’s Mayor, Zdenko Jakuc, said the whole town is reeling: “It is an understatement to say that we are all extremely shaken. When the helicopter landed, everything stopped. We all looked at the sky and hoped for the best.”
A spokesperson from the Lopar tourist board also commented: “This park has been operating for years, nothing like this has ever been recorded. Lopar is a place that is perceived as safe, peaceful, and ideal for families with small children.”
This was reportedly the first major accident at the waterpark in 20 years, making it even more of a gut punch for the local community.
Unfortunately, incidents like this aren’t entirely unheard of. At Waterworld USA in Concord, California, a massive group of students once overloaded the 40-foot-tall Banzai Pipeline slide, causing it to collapse under the weight. Students went flying.
Justin Aaron, an English teacher who was chilling at the base of the slide grading papers, shared: “I looked up and saw bodies flying through the air. They were landing in trees, on rocks and on the concrete…It was like it was happening in slow motion.”
As the structure gave way under three times its designed weight limit, students crashed down—some against wooden poles, others directly to the ground or on top of each other.
Both stories are a haunting reminder: waterparks may look like pure fun, but safety can’t be taken for granted. Hug your little ones extra tight today.
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