Central China aquarium staff member drowned( Xinhua) 10:37, January 12, 2014 CHANGSHA, Jan. 11 -- A female dolphin performance host at an aquarium in centralChina's Hunan Province was drowned after she fell into the attraction's dolphinperformance pool, according to the aquarium management.
The woman surnamed Wang, a new recruit, was knocked into the pool by a huge wavestirred by a jumping dolphin she was touching at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Underwater Worldin the provincial capital of Changsha, said a manager with the aquarium.
She died at the scene despite medical efforts after workers found her and pulled her out ofthe water eight minutes later, the manager said.
The aquarium is communicating with Wang's family over responsibility cognizance andcompensation issues, he added. （Editor：intern1、Yao Chun） Related reading
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