Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Dramatic scenes in the fun paradise for vacationers: A two-year-old girl drowned in a water park on Gran Canaria
The accident occurred in the Aquapark “Lago Taurito” on the southwest coast of the Canarian Island in the municipality of Mogán. The park is very popular with families and attracts hundreds of visitors every day. The police announced that the little girl had drowned on Saturday. At 3:40 p.m., the two -year -old was lifelessly pulled out of one of the swimming pools.
The park’s employees and an emergency doctor team had tried to reanimate the child – success.
The girl saw the witness plunge
A witness who spoke to the Spanish newspaper Canariashaora wants to have seen before Kind has eaten something. The girl absolutely wanted to go swimming during the meal. So it slipped and crashed – a piece of bread got stuck in his neck.
The two -year -old girl died in one of the pools of the water park
The operator of the water park announced his regret in a statement. In it, those responsible emphasized that both in the monitoring of the pools and in the capacity control “the strictest security protocols were met at all times”. Witnesses report that the child got caught between inflatable water toys.
Parents weren’t on site
The girl was on the accident day with her grandmother and uncle To swim driven to the water park. The parents of the little ones were not in the fun pool at the time.
Whether grandmother and uncle violated their duty of supervision, acted negligently or that it was an entanglement of unhappy circumstances must now be clarified.
Camera images are evaluated
The police accepted the investigation and asked witnesses. Now the officials want to evaluate the pictures from the surveillance cameras to reconstruct what exactly happened.
The girl’s family are Irish tourists who have vacationed on Gran Canaria.