12 People Hurt in Electrical Accident at B.C. Waterpark

Twelve people, including ten children, were sent to the hospital on June 15, 2026, after an electrical incident at Cultus Lake Waterpark in British Columbia. According to CBC News, all twelve suffered serious injuries but none were life-threatening.

The accident happened around 11:05 a.m. Police in Chilliwack responded after reports came in about multiple people getting hurt. Everyone affected was taken to hospital. The park posted a statement confirming the time and describing it as serious.

Why were so many children hurt?

Cultus Lake Waterpark draws a lot of families with school-age kids in mid-June, at the start of summer break. That explains why children made up most of the injured. Electrical accidents in water are particularly dangerous because water conducts electricity far more easily than air or dry skin — think of it as a highway for electrical current. This means current can harm the body at much lower levels of voltage than it would on dry land. Exactly how the twelve people were injured hasn't been publicly explained yet.

What happens next?

Cultus Lake sits about 100 kilometres east of Vancouver, near Chilliwack, and is a popular summer destination in the Lower Mainland. The park has not said whether or when it will reopen.

In B.C., the agency WorkSafeBC sets safety rules for electrical equipment at amusement parks. When a serious accident like this happens — especially one that injures many children at the same time — it's standard for WorkSafeBC to launch an investigation alongside the police response, to figure out what went wrong.

The good news is that none of the twelve suffered life-threatening injuries. That said, electrical injuries can sometimes cause problems that show up later, including nerve damage, even when people seem stable at first. Authorities are still working to determine what caused the electrical fault.