Laurence Dollimore
THIS is the British teenager who was found dead in a pool during a holiday with his friends in Spain.
Ben Crawford, 19, was found unconscious in the water at a private rented villa in Ibiza at around 3am on Sunday.
The student is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest and despite CPR attempts was prounounced dead at the scene in San Jose, near Playa d’en Bossa.
The keen rugby player, from West Yorkshire, was enjoying a holiday with his mates when the tragedy struck.
His Facebook wall has been plastered with messages from friends and family.
Darcy Teague, from Pontefract, wrote: “No words can even describe what everyone’s feeling right now, what an absolute legend you are, you will be missed by so many rest easy big man!”
Another said: “Absolutely shocking to hear, Ben you was always the nicest of the boys, another good life taken way too soon.”
A postmortem is being conducted to find out whether or not Ben was intoxicated when he died.
The UK Foreign Office said it is assisting his family.
