A five-year-old British girl has died after being pulled unconscious from a swimming pool in a Spanish holiday hotspot.
The schoolgirl was found in the water in a complex in Morro Jable, Fuertevenura on Thursday and was resuscitated by an on-duty lifeguard, before being rushed to hospital.
But due to the severity of her injuries, she was airlifted to a hospital in Las Palmas of Gran Canaria for further treatment, where she died on Friday after being pronounced clinically brain dead.
The tragic incident was announced on social media by Canarias 1500km de Costa - an association dedicated to the prevention of water-related deaths.
In a Facebook post, the group said: 'The five-year-old girl who suffered a critical drowning episode in the pool of a hotel in Morro Jable (Pájara, Fuerteventura) died today. Due to the severe neurological consequences, she entered the so-called 'brain death' stage.
