A five-year-old British boy has died after drowning in a villa swimming pool at the Amendoeira Golf Resort, Silves, on a family holiday.
The boy had been playing at the pool with his two siblings but it is not clear whether anyone was in the pool at the time.
This is the second holiday tragedy in less than a fortnight after a six-year-old Belgian boy became trapped by an unprotected pool filter pipe and later died in hospital. His arm had been trapped by the powerful suction involved in the pool filtration system and it was impossible to pull him free. This happened at the Arrábida Rural Retreat near Azeitão, Setúbal. (HERE)
This latest accident was at the Amendoeira Golf Resort near Alcantarilha, Silves, with paramedics confirming the boy's death shortly after 16:50 on Saturday July 28th.
Public prosecutors are investigating both incidents.
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said, "We are providing support for the family of a British child who has died in Portugal," while and the local police launch an investigation but everything points towards the death being a tragic accident.
Marbella drowing,
A four-year-old girl drowned at a resort in Marbella, Spain on Saturday morning. The girl was on holiday with her parents when she got into trouble in the water. The tragedy occurred at around 10.30am, local time.
She was already out of the water when emergency services arrived despite desperate attempts to revive her, the girl died at the scene. An autopsy will take place but police say events pointed to the death being a tragic accident.
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that can be installed in 1 minute, cost mabye 500 € and can last for at least 15 years. As such we must not be surprised that 80% of all pools in France are equipped with this system. We bought it here in Carvoeiro and used it for at least 7 years now with succes !
it's obvious EU wanted Portugal in the club to show how large, how important, how representative it is ! And of course.... SHOW cost money, but EU has no problem by "permanentely sponsoring" Portugal.
parents drunk? parents happy as they dumped children in the pool ? In the period 2003 till 2015 I remember about 20 children died in the same dramatic circumstances.
Will a pool fence help: on the contrary more children will die due to the panic situation as they cannot run away. Solution ? the simple and cheap ASTRA alarm system that is used today in more than 5 million French pools.