A five-year-old boy from Derry drowned after falling into a pool near Disneyland Paris an hour after arriving on a family holiday to celebrate his birthday at the weekend.
Colum Canning, from the Springtown Road in the city, had gone to the French resort with his twin brother Kieran, seven-year-old sister Caitlin and parents David and Karen.
They had just checked in at the Explorers Hotel when the accident happened on Thursday.
It is understood Colum was playing with his brother and sister on the ground floor of the building when he disappeared from his mother’s view for a few moments. He was found a short time later in the pool.
He was pulled from the water by another guest but was already unconscious.
The child died in hospital on Saturday when his parents took the decision to switch off his life support machine.
The family had gone to the Disneyland resort for Christmas and to celebrate the twins’ birthday on St Stephen's Day.
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