Four-year-old British girl dies after falling into swimming pool in Marbella and is the second child from the UK to drown on holiday in 24 hours
- Girl, four, from UK drowns in a swimming pool in resort in Marbella, Spain
- Youngster was on holiday with parents at the end of a month-long trip
- Emergency services gave her CPR but were unable to resuscitate her
- She is second British child to drown on holiday in Europe in 24 hours
A British four-year-old girl has died after drowning in a swimming pool in the upmarket Spanish resort of Marbella.
The youngster was on holiday with her parents just off the resort’s well-known Golden Mile which runs between Marbella and Puerto Banus.
The family are thought to have been coming to the end of a month-long break in the area when the tragedy occurred on Saturday morning.
The alarm was sounded around 10.30am local time.
A British four-year-old girl has died after drowning in a swimming pool in San Joaquin Street, pictured, in Marbella
She was already out of the water when emergency responders arrived and they tried to revive her using CPR but were unable to save her life.
An autopsy has yet to take place but police sources said everything was pointing to the girl’s death being the result of a tragic accident.
The street where the incident occurred – San Joaquin Street – is between a petrol station and a supermarket popular with British holidaymakers a five-minute walk from the beach.
One local report said it had happened at a pool belonging to a private villa, although most of the properties in the road are believed to be gated residential apartment blocks with communal swimming pools.
News of the tragedy involving the British youngster emerged just hours after a five-year-old British boy who was on holiday with his parents drowned near the resort of Silves on the Algarve.
The incident happened near the resorts famous ‘Golden Mile’ area, pictured
He was pronounced dead after being pulled out off the water at a privafe villa on a resort known as the Amendoeira resort near the historic town of Silves.
The alarm was sounded just after 4.30pm this afternoon/yesterday afternoon (SAT).
Emergency responders raced to the scene and practiced CPR on the boy, who had been playing with two brothers, but were unable to save his life.
GNR police have launched a routine investigation but say everything is pointing towards the death being the result of a tragic accident.
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