12-07-2005, 04:46 PM
Autistic pool death girl, 13 had 'seizure'
IC Wales
Dec 7 2005
THE mother of an epileptic teenage girl who died after being pulled from a pool said her daughter suffered a massive seizure, it emerged today.
Hayley Elizabeth Williams, 13, from Newport, died following an incident at a hydrotherapy complex at the Ashgrove Special School for autistic children in Penarth, near Cardiff, on Monday morning.
She was pulled unconscious from the pool and taken to the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff, where she later died.
Speaking to the South Wales Argus, her mother Gaynor Williams said she consented to her daughter’s life support machine being turned off when it became apparent she would not recover.
“There were three consultants working on her and I know they did everything they could to save her,” said Mrs Williams.
She added: “We will always miss her and love her.”
Mrs Williams also praised staff at the school for their efforts in trying to revive her daughter: “I know they are all devastated and I would like to thank them for everything they did to try to save her. My heart goes out to the other children who were in the pool at the time.”
South Wales Police have said it was not treating the death as suspicious at this stage and have informed the coroner for the Vale of Glamorgan.
The police will now work alongside the Health and Safety Executive on a joint investigation into the death.
Source: IC Wales
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/..._page.html
IC Wales
Dec 7 2005
THE mother of an epileptic teenage girl who died after being pulled from a pool said her daughter suffered a massive seizure, it emerged today.
Hayley Elizabeth Williams, 13, from Newport, died following an incident at a hydrotherapy complex at the Ashgrove Special School for autistic children in Penarth, near Cardiff, on Monday morning.
She was pulled unconscious from the pool and taken to the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff, where she later died.
Speaking to the South Wales Argus, her mother Gaynor Williams said she consented to her daughter’s life support machine being turned off when it became apparent she would not recover.
“There were three consultants working on her and I know they did everything they could to save her,” said Mrs Williams.
She added: “We will always miss her and love her.”
Mrs Williams also praised staff at the school for their efforts in trying to revive her daughter: “I know they are all devastated and I would like to thank them for everything they did to try to save her. My heart goes out to the other children who were in the pool at the time.”
South Wales Police have said it was not treating the death as suspicious at this stage and have informed the coroner for the Vale of Glamorgan.
The police will now work alongside the Health and Safety Executive on a joint investigation into the death.
Source: IC Wales
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/..._page.html