8-year-old Israeli girl drowns while on vacation in Greece

The child drowned in the swimming pool of the hotel where the family was staying on the island of Crete.

By World Israel News Staff

“An 8-year-old girl from Israel drowned while on holiday with her family on the Greek island of Crete,” local media reported on Thursday, says Kathimerini, a Greek news outlet.

“The child drowned in the swimming pool of the hotel where the family was staying in the resort town of Hersonissos in Iraklio,” it reported.

“We responded immediately to the call…for 20 minutes, there were three doctors trying to bring the child back and the effort continued in the emergency room of the hospital where she was taken. Unfortunately, the child did not make it,” the chief coordinator of Crete’s EKAV ambulance service told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, says Kathimerini.

An autopsy has been ordered, according to the report, citing the head of the University General Hospital of Iraklio, Yiannis Tassopoulos.

“This was the third hotel swimming pool drowning reported in less than 24 hours, after Rodiaki, a local paper on Rhodes, reported the death of two French sisters on the popular holiday island,” said Kathimerini.

An investigation is underway to determine “whether there was a lifeguard or first aid personnel on duty at the hotel,” reports Ynet.

“Israel says that its diplomats in the country are assisting the family,” says the Israeli news outlet.

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