A 12-year-old Russian girl has died while on a vacation in Turkey after her arm was sucked into a swimming pool pumping device, according to reports.
Alisa Adamova, from St. Petersburg, was trapped underwater on Aug. 18 for almost 15 minutes while those around her, including her father, tried to free her from the powerful pump.
Her arm and hand were sucked into the pump, which supplied water to a slide at the swimming pool, according to reports.
Guests of the resort, the Sunhill Hotel in the city of Bodrum, said that hotel staff failed to immediately respond to the incident by turning off the pool pump, because they reportedly could not find the switch, UK tabloid The Sun reported.
The girl’s mother, Natalya Adamova, told Russian online news outlet Fontanka: “Her dad dived and saw our child stuck underwater. He tried to pull her out but her hand was very strongly sucked into the pump pipe.
“He called for help. Other guests rushed to assist. But even after hotel workers turned off the pump, they could not free her hand. … Then he and seven other guests broke the pipe and pulled Alisa out along with a piece of pipe on her arm.”
Seven people and the girl’s father had come to her aid during the ordeal.
