Young lifeguard is fighting for his life in Spain after almost drowning in a swimming pool

A LIFEGUARD has been hospitalised in a serious condition after a near-fatal drowning at a swimming pool in Madrid.

The youngster is believed to have come into trouble while cleaning a communal pool in a residential complex on Calle Torquemada, in the Hortaleza district.

According to the 112 emergency service, the worker was sucked into the pool’s drain and became stuck at around 4pm on Wednesday.

It is not known how long he was submerged under water.

Policia Nacional officers happened to be walking past the pool when the incident occurred and they rushed to pull him out of the water.

Paramedics later stabilised the man and he was transferred to the Ramon y Caja hospital in a serious condition.

He was breathing and did not suffer a cardiac arrest, sources said.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
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He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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