‘British boy’, four, drowns in a hotel swimming pool in Tenerife despite desperate battle to revive him

  • The four-year-old boy is said to have drowned at a hotel pool in Los Cristianos 
  • Emergency services were called to the scene at around 3.40pm on Wednesday 
  • Well-placed sources have said that the boy who died at the hotel was British  

By Gerard Couzens & Charlie Bayliss For Mailonline

Published: 20:04 BST, 19 September 2018 | Updated: 00:31 BST, 20 September 2018

A four-year-old British boy has drowned in a hotel swimming pool at the popular holiday resort of Tenerife.

The boy is said to have died at the Paradise Park hotel in Los Cristianos, despite a rapid emergency response which involved an air ambulance.

Emergency services rushed to the scene at around 3.40pm this afternoon, but efforts to revive the child proved unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A receptionist at the four-star hotel – full name Hotel Paradise Park Fun Lifestyle – declined to comment this afternoon.

National Police have launched a routine probe into the tragedy, which is being coordinated by a local investigating judge. 

A spokesman for a local government-run emergency response coordination centre confirmed a four-year-old boy had died at a hotel in Los Cristianos.

The incident is said to have taken place at the Hotel Paradise Park Fun Lifestyle on Wednesday afternoon

The incident is said to have taken place at the Hotel Paradise Park Fun Lifestyle on Wednesday afternoon

An air ambulance was sent to the scene to deal with the tragedy today

An air ambulance was sent to the scene to deal with the tragedy today

An air ambulance was sent to the scene to deal with the tragedy today

The centre said in a statement: ‘An alert was received at 3.40pm informing us that a child who appeared to have been involved in a drowning incident and was suffering possible cardiac arrest, had been pulled out of a swimming pool at a hotel in the resort.

‘Efforts to revive the youngster using CPR proved unsuccessful and he was confirmed dead at the scene.

‘Local police cooperated with the emergency services and habilitated an area for an air ambulance to land near the hotel complex.

‘National Police took charge of the body until court workers arrived.’

Well-placed sources confirmed the youngster was British. It is unclear how the tragedy happened.

Despite emergency service's best efforts, the young boy passed away

Despite emergency service's best efforts, the young boy passed away

Despite emergency service’s best efforts, the young boy passed away

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