Three Members Of British Family Drown In Swimming Pool In Costa Del Sol

A father and his two children have died after drowning in a swimming pool at a holiday resort in the Costa del Sol.

The three family members were found unresponsive in a swimming pool at Club La Costa World on Christmas Eve, a statement from holiday operator CLC World Resorts and Hotels said.

It is understood that the father and daughter are both British, while the son is American.

The incident occurred after the nine-year-old girl got into difficulties in the water and her brother, 16, and father, 52, attempted to rescue her, it has been reported.

A holidaymaker staying at the resort, which is near the town of Fuengirola, told the PA news agency she saw “bodies covered in white sheets” by the side of the pool, and could hear “a woman crying aloud”.

Tanya Aamer, 23, from Birmingham, said: “The atmosphere as I was walking past is indescribable.

“Obviously we’ve never been in that situation before so we kind just began walking slowly in a slight state of confusion as to what we’re witnessing and eventually when we got to the bottom it was just silent, no talking or anything.”

The Club La Costa World is near Fuengirola on the south coast of Spain, just east from Marbella.