"Tonight, a nine-year-old guest was tragically lost at The Boardwalk at Hersheypark," said John Lawn, CEO of Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company, in a statement issued on Thursday. Newsweek has contacted Hersheypark and the Hershey Company via email for comment outside of regular office hours.

A 9-year-old girl died on Thursday night while using a wave pool at Hersheypark in Pennsylvania, where lifeguards tried rescuing her after seeing her in distress, park officials said.

“At just nine years old, she was full of promise, innocence, and joy — a light in the lives of all who knew her,” Niroula said in a statement to WGAL-TV.