The child drowned after falling into a private swimming pool in a villa on the outskirts of the town of Cantoria.
The baby was holidaying with its British parents, who had travelled to visit their expat family in the area. The accident happened on the morning of the 21st August, according to the Centro de Salud medical centre in nearby market town Albox.
The devastated parents upon discovering the child in the pool, immediately drove to the medical centre, where doctors desperately, but unsuccessfully attempted to resuscitate the baby.
It is believed that sadly, the infant had passed away and was pronounced deceased upon arrival. Police have opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident, but say that it appears to have simply been been a tragic accident, and went on to warn other holidaying parents about never leaving small children unaccompanied near swimming pools of any size or type.We would urge any families planning a similar visit to a destination that has swimming facilities, particularly a private pool, to please be aware of the dangers it can present.
Make sure you consider using safety gates to limit access to exterior areas, and swim vests for infants to wear in and around pool areas (like both examples pictured) so that any more tragedies such as this can hopefully be avoided in the future.
Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with those poor parents & their family/friends.
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2 comments:
A nice sensitive article but not wholly accurate. The baby was born and lived here in Spain all his life.
Between the pool and the house are two doors and a gate, all of which were normally kept closed and/or locked. It is not known how all three came to be open together that awful morning.
Apologies for the innacuracy, we were only re-reporting what we had already saw published elswhere.
Thank you for taking the time to correct the facts.
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