A company has admitted health and safety breaches following the death of a child from Newport in a swimming pool at a caravan site near Grange-over-Sands.
LancsLive reports Luca Hurle, four, died after getting into difficulty in the pool at Old Park Wood caravan park in August, 2016.
Luca, from Newport, Gwent, was on holiday at the time. He had been vacationing with his father Gavin Hurle, stepmother Donna Southcott, and brothers Gabriel and Oliver, when the tragedy took place.
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Witnesses described seeing Luca wearing armbands and playing with his family around 15 minutes before he was found unconscious.
Emergency services were called and Luca was taken to Furness General Hospital, before being transferred to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, where he died.
At a hearing at Preston Crown Court on Monday, March 14, Newmac Ltd pleaded guilty to failing to discharge general health and safety duties to a person other than an employee at Old Park Wood caravan park.
The company held a contract with Holker Estates, the owner of the park, to conduct risk assessments relating to the use of the pool.
Holker Estates Ltd pleaded guilty to failing to conduct an undertaking in such a way to ensure that persons not in its employment were not exposed to risks to their health and safety, and failing to comply with an improvement notice at an earlier hearing.
Following Luca's death, his father paid tribute to his little boy, saying: "Rip my little Angel, daddy loves you so much xxxx."
An inquest concluded Luca died from drowning and a hypoxic brain injury. Senior coroner Andre Rebello said the death was "a tragic accident".
Holker Estates and Newmac Ltd will return to court on June 24, 2022, when the companies will be sentenced.
