British boy, 15, fights for life after nearly drowning at Mallorca waterpark

A British teenager has been left critically injured after an incident at a waterpark in the Spanish island of Mallorca.

It is understood that the boy, aged 15, almost drowned at one of the pools at the Hidropark in the northern town of Alcúdia earlier this afternoon.

Local media reported that he ‘had hit his head’ and was then rushed to hospital in critical condition.

Civil Guard motorcyclists drove in front of the ambulance to make sure he got to hospital in the quickest possible time.

Local newspaper Cronica Balear said the boy was ‘knocked unconscious when he went down one of the slides and hit his head.’

They reported: ‘The boy, as a result of the crash, has been knocked unconscious, and once he reached the pool, went to the bottom of it.’

It was also claimed that emergency services ‘began to revive the child’ at the site and that they ‘recovered his pulse’ but the he remained unconscious.

The victim has since been transferred to Son Espases Hospital after the incident at about 4pm today.

‘Quickly, lifeguards have rescued him from the water. In a few minutes, agents of the Local Police, Civil Guard, a medicalised ambulance of the SAMU 061, a rapid intervention vehicle (VIR) and a sanitarised ambulance from Falck have approached the scene,’ the report said.

‘Upon arrival, the health workers began to revive the child.

‘He has recovered his pulse, but he was still unconscious, so they have decided to activate the green alert to transfer him as quickly as possible in an ambulance to the University Hospital of Son Espases.

‘For this reason, SAMU 061 has contacted the Civil Guard and the Local Police so that they could facilitate the circulation of the ambulance.’

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