A British man is reported to have undergone brain surgery after falling into a pool in Ibiza. The man, 23, was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a fall
A British man has been left with serious injuries and possible paralysis following a plunge into an Ibiza swimming pool. The man, 23, is believed to have fallen from a height of around 1.2 metres into a pool in San Antonio, known to be one of Ibiza’s party venues.
It is not yet clear if he jumped or fell, or where he may have fallen from. Reports indicate he was injured when he hit his head on the bottom of the pool, and has since undergone brain surgery. It comes after a warning to Brit tourists planning all-inclusive holidays to Spain.
He was injured on Tuesday afternoon after “falling headfirst” into the pool, island newspaper Diario de Ibiza. The man was taken by ambulance to the Nuestra Señora del Rosario Polyclinic, where he was operated on by the neurosurgery team.
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He is reported to have a a cervical spinal cord injury, a head trauma and a fracture of the sixth vertebra. It is feared his legs could have been left paralysed. He remains in intensive care.
The case has generated consternation in the municipality, which adds another serious accident in the hotel environment in the middle of the high season.
It comes after two British brothers were confirmed to have died after getting into trouble while swimming off the Spanish coast. Authorities confirmed the boys, aged 11 and 13, were swimming off Salou, Tarragona.
Both boys drowned, Spanish officials said, while their father was rescued alive. Police are not treating the incident as a criminal matter.
“Two brothers, of British nationality and aged 11 and 13, drowned this evening on the Llarga beach in Salou (Tarragona),” Catalonia’s Civil Protection said. “The father of the minors, who had also entered the water, was rescued alive.”
Their dad reportedly made a desperate attempt to save them and had to be rescued himself after nearly drowning. Both youngsters were in cardiac arrest by the time emergency help arrived in the form of seven land units from the Medical Emergency System (SEM), the Salou Local Police, Catalonian police and the fire brigade.
“These are the fifteenth and seventeenth fatalities on Catalan beaches since the summer season officially began on 15 June, a figure that already exceeds by five those recorded in the same period last summer which was 11,” a Civil Protection spokesperson said.
The incident at the Costa Dorada resort happened last night, with the emergency call being made just before 9pm. It is understood that the British family involved were guests at a nearby hotel.
The spokesman for Civil Protection stated that the lifeguards had already finished their shift for the day when the tragedy occurred. He added: “Yellow flags had been raised during the day at some beaches in the area. Bathing is prohibited when red flags are flying and yellow flags indicate that swimmers should exercise caution.”