A TEENAGE boy died just days after getting his hand stuck between underwater metal bars in an aqua park jacuzzi pool.
The 16-year-old was found "unconscious and blue" in the water at Russian water park Aquamir.
Lifeguards managed to rescue the teen from the 4ft pool and resuscitate him, but he tragically died five days later in hospital.
The boy – who has not been named – is said to have been “swimming around” like other children but disappeared underwater for “at least five minutes” after he got his hand stuck between metal bars below the surface.
An eyewitness told local media that the boy's "hands and feet were blue" when he was pulled from the water.
'BLUE'
Despite suffering "clinical death", aqua park staff managed to resuscitate him four minutes after his heart stopped beating.
Eyewitness Konstantin told local news outlet NGS: "Several people were trying to pull him out.
"A lifeguard dived several times before he managed to free his hand.
"Then they pulled him out and started resuscitating him straight away."
“Several people were trying to pull him out."
"A lifeguard dived several times before he managed to free his hand.
“Then they pulled him out and started resuscitating him straight away.”
A health ministry spokesman said the boy had suffered clinical death while in the pool.
It's understood the boy's relatives have filed a criminal lawsuit against the aqua park for "failing to ensure safety".
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