British teen fighting for life after horror waterslide fall in Mallorca

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A British teenager is fighting for his life in hospital after a horror waterslide fall in Mallorca. The boy, understood to was rushed to hospital after the nightmare incident unfolded in Alcudia this afternoon.Civil Guard motorcyclists drove in front of the ambulance to make sure he got to the hospital in the quickest possible time.

Local reports claim the incident happened in the Hidropark water park in Alcudia at 4pm today. Sources from the 061 emergency services say they received notice of a serious drowning in the water park in Alcudia.

An ambulance raced to the scene and the medical team found that the teenage patient was in critical condition, reports the Mirror.After stabilising the patient, the medical vehicle began to transfer him to Son Espases Hospital.

Motorcyclists from the Civil Guard formed a convoy to help the ambulance reach the hospital as quickly as possible.Given the seriousness of the victim's condition, the Civil Guard put in place a "green alert", a special operation in which the different patrols cut off traffic at the main intersections through which the ambulance had to pass to allow them to pass freely.Island newspaper Cronica Balear's report, which said the patient was a 15-year-old Brit, read "The minor has been knocked unconscious when he went down one of the slides and hit his head."The report continued: "The boy, as a result of the crash, has been knocked unconscious, and once he has reached the pool, he has gone to the bottom of it.