A five-year-old British girl has died after being pulled unconscious from a swimming pool during in a Spanish holiday hotspot.
In Morro Jable, Fuerteventura, a young girl was discovered in the water at a complex on Thursday and was revived by a lifeguard before being taken to a hospital.
Due to the extent of her injuries, she was airlifted to a Las Palmas hospital in Gran Canaria for further care, where she later died on Friday after being deemed clinically brain dead.
The tragic incident was announced on social media by Canarias 1500km de Costa – an association dedicated to the prevention of water-related deaths.
In a Facebook update, it was shared that the five-year-old who had a life-threatening drowning incident at a hotel pool in Morro Jable, Pájara, Fuerteventura, passed away. She reached the ‘brain death’ stage due to severe neurological damage.
The girl was vacationing on Fuerteventura with her family from England. Around 1:30 am, she was rescued unconscious from the pool. Lifeguards performed CPR, and paramedics continued the medical efforts via a SUC ambulance.
‘Due to the seriousness of the case, she was urgently evacuated by medical helicopter to the Materno Infantil University Hospital.
‘Despite the efforts of the medical team, the little girl was unable to overcome the dramatic event that took her life.’
A five-year-old British girl has died after being pulled unconscious from a swimming pool during a holiday in Fuerteventura
General view of a beach in Morro Jable, Fuerteventura, where the tragedy took place
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The tragedy comes just over a week after a British brother and sister downed in the sea while on holiday in Spain.
Ameiya, 13, and Ricardo, 11, affectionately known as Maya and Jubs, encountered trouble at sea in Salou despite their father’s desperate rescue attempt.
The siblings, from Birmingham, were shown smiling on Llarga Beach, holidaying with their parents, Shanice Del Brocco and Ricardo Sr, mere hours before the tragic incident unfolded on July 29.
Local officials confirmed a yellow warning flag had been flying at the time to signal rough sea conditions – but lifeguards had finished their shift at 8pm, with the alarm raised just before 8.50pm.
Their father, Ricardo Sr, dived in to try and save them, but all three soon became overwhelmed by the rough conditions.
Rescuers pulled them from the water and carried out CPR on the sand. Ricardo was successfully resuscitated, but the children could not be saved.
Chief Inspector José Luis Gargallo, from the local police, said: ‘When the officers arrived, there were three people with significant difficulties in getting out of the sea. All resuscitation manoeuvres were performed on the children, but without success.’
He added: ‘We did everything possible. We put the father in a safe area and also took the minor and performed resuscitation on him but without success.’
A GoFundMe page launched by family friend Holly Marquis-Johnson described Maya and Jubs as ‘beautiful, bright, and deeply loved’ children who had been taken ‘far too soon’.
It also comes weeks after a British two-year-old died after being pulled from the pool of a private villa in Ibiza.
The tragic incident took place on June 5 in the affluent Sant Joan municipality in the northern part of the Spanish island.
The area is a popular holiday destination known for its luxury properties and whitewashed architecture.
Emergency services rushed to the property following reports of an unresponsive child.
According to local news outlet Diario de Ibiza, the British toddler was found without a pulse floating in the swimming pool.
Despite efforts to resuscitate the child for over an hour, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The boy and his family had been staying in the holiday home, it is understood.
