A FIVE-year-old British girl has died after she was pulled unconscious from a swimming pool.
The youngster was rushed to hospital after getting into trouble while in the pool at a resort in Pájara, Fuertaventura, on Wednesday.
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She died of her injuries caused by drowning in the pool at a hotel in Morro Jable, where her family were on holiday.
The tragic incident occurred at around 1.20pm, when emergency services received reports a lifeguard had pulled a child from the water.
She was resuscitated by one of the on-duty lifeguards before she was taken to the General Hospital on the island.
But, owing to the severity of her condition, she was flown to another island on the Spanish archipelago for further treatment.
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She was taken by helicopter to the Maternal and Child University Hospital of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria.
Doctors and nurses at the hospital battled in vain to save the youngster.
An air ambulance, two road ambulances and local cops rushed to the tourist complex on Avenida de Gran Canaria.
Her tragic death was reported by Canarias 1,500 kilometres de Costa on social media earlier today.
In a statement on Facebook, the group said: “The five-year-old girl who suffered a critical drowning episode in the pool of a hotel in Morro Jable died today.
“The little girl was spending her vacation on the island of Fuerteventura with her family, originally from England.
“It was around 1.30am when the unconscious girl was pulled from the pool.
“Lifeguards performed CPR. The medical personnel from a SUC ambulance then continued providing care.
“Due to the seriousness of the case, she was urgently evacuated by medical helicopter to the Materno Infantil University Hospital.
“Despite the efforts of the medical team, the little girl was unable to overcome the dramatic event that took her life.
“We would like to express our condolences and solidarity to her family. Please take care of and supervise your children in the water.
“A terrible and difficult episode, once again.”
It is the fourth death of a minor by drowning in the Canary Islands so far this year.
The association, which is dedicated to the prevention of such incidents, has been recording the number of accidents since 2015.
Four deaths in a year is the highest figure recorded in the past decade.
In May, a four-year-old Brit boy drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Tenerife.
The horror unfolded in the resort town of San Miguel de Abona on the Golf del Sur.
According to Spanish outlet Telecinco, the boy was rescued from the pool by a lifeguard but was unresponsive.
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.
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