A British toddler has drowned in a pool at a privately rented villa in the Carvoeiro area. He was two and a half years old.
The Judicial Police are investigating the possibility of negligence on the part of the boy's family.
The villa in the Quinta do Paraíso area had been rented by a British family for a fun holiday in the sun but it all ended in tragedy.
When firefighters and paramedics arrived at the scene the little boy’s heart had already stopped beating and resuscitation efforts were made at the scene but to no avail.
The parents were sharing the villa with extended family and the police are looking into the circumstances that allowed the toddler to fall into the pool un-noticed when there were adults around. The toddler's mother and grandmother were said not to have been at the villa at the time of the accident, leaving the men in charge.
Correio da Manhã reported that, “one of the theories under investigation is the excessive consumption of alcohol drinks by family members,” but as yet no facts relating to the case have been released by the authorities.
