A 4-year-old British child died in Órgiva after falling into an open water deposit (alberca) in an area of the municipality known as Los Cigarrones yesterday, the 19th May.

It appears that the child slipped and fell in.

According to first reports, the father was ploughing at the moment of the accident but as soon as he had realised what had happened, he dived into the water to save him.

The parents rushed the child to the Órgiva Centro de Salud but nothing could be done. On the way to the centre the father had called ahead so that they would be waiting for him, but even so, it was too late.

The Mayor of Órgiva has expressed her condolences, in the name of the Town Hall, to the family.

(News: Orgiva, La Alpujarra, Granada, Andalucia)