Father dies after trying to save his three-year-old son in a swimming pool in Mallorca

A 37-year-old foreign resident in Mallorca, who got into difficulties while trying to save his son in a communal swimming pool in Santa Ponça, has died.

His son, three, is still in a very serious condition and admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) at a local hospital.

The incident happened on Tuesday at 2.15pm in a community swimming pool, where a resident spotted the victims floating face down in the pool.

After being alerted by callers, the emergency coordination centre gave resuscitation manoeuvre instructions by telephone and ambulances were deployed to the scene.

According to sources close to the incident, the father died before arriving at hospital.