A FOUR-year-old British boy has tragically died after being pulled from a hotel pool in Tenerife.
The horror unfolded on Thursday afternoon in the resort town of San Miguel de Abona.
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Emergency services raced to José Miguel Galván Bello Avenue shortly before 5pm local time after reports that a child had gone into cardiac arrest.
According to Spanish outlet Telecinco, the boy was rescued from the pool by a lifeguard but was unresponsive.
A spokesperson for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: “We are supporting the family of a British child who has died in Spain, and are in touch with the local authorities.”
A nurse from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) gave CPR instructions over the phone while first responders searched for a defibrillator.
Several hotel guests, including people who identified themselves as doctors, also rushed to help.
Two advanced life support ambulances and a medical helicopter were sent to the scene.
Medics performed advanced resuscitation manoeuvres but were unable to save the child.
Telecinco reported: “The child died after failing to recover from a cardiorespiratory arrest that required him to be rescued from a hotel pool.”
Local police assisted emergency crews, and the Civil Guard is now carrying out the next steps after the child’s tragic death.
It comes after a British tourist died at the famous Ibiza Rocks Hotel on the Spanish sunshine island.
The 33-year-old woman died in her room at the adults-only hotel in the party resort of San Antonio earlier this month.
Local police and paramedics rushed to the hotel, situated just metres from one of the world’s most famous sunsets, after the alarm was raised around 6.30pm.
Emergency responders confirmed when they arrived the holidaymaker had gone into cardiac arrest and spent around 40 minutes practising CPR on her to try to revive her.
She was declared dead at the scene after efforts to save her life proved unsuccessful.
Civil Guard officers were preparing a full report on the tragedy today to hand over to a local court which has opened an investigation.
Meanwhile, another Brit tourist was left fighting for his life after a huge brawl at a nightclub on a Greek island.
The 19-year-old was reportedly punched by a fellow Brit, 24, in the party capital of Rhodes before falling to the ground and hitting his head.
The bloody Brit fled to a health clinic in the town of Faliraki but could not remember what had happened to him.
He was immediately rushed to the General Hospital of Rhodes where he had surgery for internal bleeding on the brain.
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