A British toddler has drowned in a Costa Blanca swimming pool.
The 19-month-old boy was pulled out of the water unconscious yesterday at around 6.15pm.
An air ambulance was sent to the area as part of the emergency response but efforts to revive him failed and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The pool where the tragedy happened has been described as a private pool in Aigues, a village a short drive inland from the coast to the north of Alicante and south west of Benidorm.
A routine police investigation is ongoing.
Well-placed sources confirmed the youngster who died was British. One unconfirmed local report said the family had recently moved to the area.
A spokesman for a regional government emergency response coordination centre confirmed: ‘At 6.15pm yesterday, we were informed a little boy had been pulled out of a private swimming pool in Aigues.
‘We mobilised an air ambulance and a basic life support ambulance.
‘A neighbour performed resuscitation techniques until the medical response teams arrived.
‘Once they were there, the medical responders continued with advanced CPR and other resuscitation techniques but they were unable to save the child, a 19-month-old toddler who was pronounced dead at the scene.’
The tragedy happened on a private residential estate called El Paraiso – Paradise in English – in Aigues.
In Castillian Spanish it is called Aguas de Busot. It has just 986 inhabitants according to a 2020 census and sits at just under 1,000 feet above sea level in Alicante province’s fascinating mountain landscape a short distances from the beaches of El Campello and San Juan.
Benidorm is a 30-minute drive away.
It is not yet clear how the toddler ended up in the pool.
The toddler’s mother is believed to be in her early fifties and her partner in his late forties. It is not known if they have any other children
A spokesman for the Civil Guard said: ‘We received an alert just after 6pm yesterday.
‘Civil Guard stationed in the municipality of Jijona were asked to attend a house where we were told a 19-month-old British child had fallen into a swimming pool.’
The tragedy happened on a private residential estate called El Paraiso – Paradise in English – in Aigues.
In Castillian Spanish it is called Aguas de Busot. It has just 986 inhabitants according to a 2020 census and sits at just under 1,000 feet above sea level in Alicante province’s fascinating mountain landscape a short distances from the beaches of El Campello and San Juan.
Benidorm is a 30-minute drive away.
It is not yet clear how the toddler ended up in the pool.
The toddler’s mother is believed to be in her early fifties and her partner in his late forties. It is not known if they have any other children
A spokesman for the Civil Guard said: ‘We received an alert just after 6pm yesterday.
‘Civil Guard stationed in the municipality of Jijona were asked to attend a house where we were told a 19-month-old British child had fallen into a swimming pool.’