{"id":47114,"date":"2026-04-10T23:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47114"},"modified":"2026-04-10T23:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:41:11","slug":"child-dies-in-freak-accident-after-he-was-sucked-into-hot-tub-filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47114","title":{"rendered":"Child dies in freak accident after he was sucked into hot tub filter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A 12-year-old boy died in a freak accident while on a family vacation in Italy \u2014 after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/24\/us-news\/freak-hot-tub-incident-almost-kills-2-women-on-girls-trip-at-remote-kentucky-cabin-nearly-turned-tragic\/\">he was sucked into a hot tub filter<\/a>, authorities said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Little Matteo Brandimarti was playing in a jacuzzi at the upscale Duca di Montefeltro Hotel in Pennabilli on Easter Sunday morning when his leg got dragged into a filter of the tub, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/16204909\/boy-dies-sucked-hot-tub-filter-italian-hotel-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brandimarti was pulled underwater as the hot tub\u2019s hydromassage function was going, and was stuck there for nearly five minutes, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"39051828\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<figcaption>Matteo Brandimarti, 12, got sucked into a filter of the hot tub and drowned. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Maurizio Brandimarti<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hotel staffers frantically cut the main power supply to turn off the jacuzzi pump,\u00a0and medics performed CPR on the child.<\/p>\n<p>But the boy, who was rushed to the hospital via helicopter, was already in critical condition.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He was pronounced brain dead on Thursday, and his family plans to switch off life support equipment, according to local media.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"39051832\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.83333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/1830864450640800-12-year-old-boy-125389367.jpg?resize=42,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 42w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/1830864450640800-12-year-old-boy-125389367.jpg?resize=150,180&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\"\/><figcaption>Matteo Brandimarti  and his father Maurizio. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Nicoletta Sprecace<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBeautiful sweet soul \u2026may God hold you in his arms and always protect your parents,\u201d his dad, Maurizio Brandimarti, wrote in a heartbreaking Facebook post.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/10\/world-news\/child-dies-in-freak-accident-after-he-was-sucked-into-hot-tub-filter\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 12-year-old boy died in a freak accident while on a family vacation in 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