India, July 31 -- The death of a young girl in a Hersehypark wave pool has officially been ruled an accidental drowning, the New York Post reported. The revelation comes after speculation that Sophia Dubedi, 9, had suffered a medical episode.

The tragic incident took place at the Pennsylvania water park's popular Boardwalk attraction on Thursday last week. Dubedi was subsequently pronounced dead at a hospital.

"The cause of death was fresh water drowning and the manner of death was accidental," the Dauphin County coroner said in a statement obtained by NBC 10, adding that she had not suffered any medical emergency before her death.

According to witnesses, lifeguards had dragged the "limp" third-grader from the wave pool after she seemi...