An 11-year-old girl has tragically died after her hair became trapped in a swimming pool’s suction outlet.
Alice Ferrari was on holiday with her family when she suffered the fatal accident at a lido on Wednesday (15 July).
Another child raised the alarm after noticing she had failed to resurface following a dive.
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The lido’s co-manager, Daniele Muzio, dived into the water and used a pair of scissors to cut Alice’s hair, freeing her from the water intake outlet connected to the pool’s filtration system.
Alice was unconscious when she was pulled from the pool in Sestri Levante, Italy, as reported by Need To Know.
She was given CPR for 45 minutes before being transferred in a critical condition to a hospital in Genoa, where she died on Friday (17 July).
Prosecutors are now investigating whether safety regulations were followed, including the rule requiring children under 12 to be accompanied by an adult when using swimming pools.
Initial investigations suggest the lido may not have displayed the mandatory sign informing visitors of the rule.
Muzio and his mother Anna Copello, who co-manages the Bagni Segesta lido with him, are now under investigation over Alice’s death.
The small pool, which was around one metre deep, has also been seized so investigators can examine its safety features.
Alice, from Suisio, had nurtured a love of horse riding since the age of six.
Regarded as a rising talent in the equestrian community, she trained at the Isola Equestrian Centre in Bergamo.
The Italian Equestrian Sports Federation described her as a “promising young rider with a bright future ahead of her”.
Her parents have decided to donate her organs, with the retrieval procedure set to take place after a post-mortem examination scheduled for Tuesday (21 July).
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What a beautiful girl so much promise. Rest in Peace from US