A young boy died at Alder Hey Children's Hospital after drowning when on holiday with his family back in 2016.
A risk management company has since admitted health and safety breaches after the four-year-old child drowned in a swimming pool at a caravan site near Grange-over-Sands. The young boy was transferred to the Liverpool hospital where he sadly died.
Luca Hurle, 4, from Newport had been on holiday with his dad Gavin Hurle, stepmother Donna Southcott and brothers Gabriel and Oliver in August 2016. Luca was reported to have been wearing armbands and playing with family 15 minutes before he was found unconscious in the pool, witnesses said.
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Emergency services were called and the four-year-old was taken to Furness General Hospital, before being transferred to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, where he died, LancsLive reports. Following Luca's death, his father paid tribute to his little boy, saying: "Rip my little Angel daddy loves you so much xxxx."
At a hearing held at Preston Crown Court on 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 owners of the park, to conduct risk assessment 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. Holker Estates and Newmac Ltd will return to court on June 24 2022 when the companies will be sentenced.
An inquest concluded Luca died from drowning and a hypoxic brain injury. Senior coroner Andre Rebello said the death was 'a tragic accident'.
