9 Jun, 2024 @ 16:53
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Boy, 10, is rushed to ICU by helicopter after ‘near-drowning’ at a hotel pool on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A YOUNG boy is in hospital after coming into trouble at his hotel pool on the Costa del Sol.

The 10-year-old was staying in the unnamed hotel on Avenida Sierra Morena, in Manilva, when an incident unfolded on Saturday.

Details are scant but according to the 112 emergency service, quoted by EFE, a call was made at around 3.15pm alerting them to a boy ‘with symptoms of drowning.’

A doctor at the complex was performing CPR on the child while awaiting for paramedics to arrive.

The Guardia Civil and Policia Local were informed and they immediately arranged for his transfer via helicopter.

He was flown to the Maternal and Child Hospital of Malaga, where his prognosis currently remains unknown.

The incident came the same day a 32-year-old man died in Malaga after jumping off a rock face and onto some further rocks below.

The unidentified victim was pulled to the shore at about 7pm but nothing could be done to revive him.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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