Drama while hiding

Boy (4) suffocated in tumble dryer on Mallorca

Terrible drama on Mallorca: A four-year-old climbed into a tumble dryer while playing hide and seek, pulled the door shut and then suffocated in agony.

According to the police, the accident occurred on Thursday in the parents' apartment in the popular vacation resort of Magaluf in the southwest of the Spanish Balearic island, reported the "Mallorca Zeitung" and the "Mallorcamagazin".

An aunt was supposed to look after the boy while the parents were at work. However, she fell asleep. Later, she and the grandmother searched in vain for the boy until they finally discovered him in the dryer.

Rescuers could only determine his death
However, he no longer had a pulse and paramedics could only determine his death. The boy had often been scolded for climbing into the dryer, the newspaper wrote. The local family is now receiving psychological support.