Brit child, 8, seriously injured after 'running through glass window pane'

A British child has been seriously injured after smashing into a window at a hotel in Spain.

The eight-year-old is said to have “run through” a pane of glass in a freak accident around midday at the hotel in Magaluf. He suffered deep cuts and had to be transferred to hospital for an emergency operation. The youngster was with his parents at the time. Local reports said he had hurt himself after starting to run along a corridor and smashing into the glass.

The operation is understood to have taken place at Son Espases Hospital in the Majorcan capital Palma. The hotel has not been named.
Police were called to the scene and have launched an investigation into the incident.

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There is no suggestion at this stage the hotel was at fault in any way. No-one from the hospital could be reached so far to comment on the youngster’s condition.

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