Overview
- A three-year-old girl fell into a private pool on the outskirts of Cártama and was taken by family to Hospital Valle del Guadalhorce, where she arrived in cardiorespiratory arrest and could not be revived.
- Emergency doctors at the hospital attempted resuscitation for more than an hour before declaring the child dead and contacted 112 Andalucía because many relatives had gathered at the facility.
- The Guardia Civil’s Policía Judicial team in Alhaurín de la Torre has opened an inquiry to determine the circumstances and has described the incident as likely accidental.
- This case is the second similar fatal child drowning reported in the province in days, after a three-year-old died at a rural cortijo in Periana where a medicalized helicopter had been dispatched.
- Regional data show a worrying rise in drownings in Andalusia and Spain this year, and authorities and emergency services are urging constant supervision of young children around pools as part of prevention campaigns.