A six-year-old boy has died in hospital after nearly drowning in a hotel pool in Majorca.
Corey Aughey from north Belfast was rushed to hospital in a ‘critical condition’ from a four-star hotel in the resort of Sa Coma on Thursday after being revived at the poolside by emergency responders.
Gary Larkham added: ‘They say a picture tells a thousand words, this picture to me was Corey all over always loved a birthday party and couldn’t wait to blow the candles out and patiently waited on his turn to blow them out too. Unconfirmed local reports said Corey’s parents lost sight of him for several minutes before he was spotted floating face-down in the water.
Corey’s death comes just a few weeks after a British toddler drowned in a swimming pool accident on the Costa Blanca.
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