{"id":651345,"date":"2026-05-05T15:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/651345\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:23:17","slug":"matteo-brandimarti-boy-dies-after-being-sucked-into-jacuzzi-filter-at-hotel-during-family-vacation-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/651345\/","title":{"rendered":"Matteo Brandimarti: Boy dies after being sucked into jacuzzi filter at hotel during family vacation in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A young boy has died in horrific circumstances after a dream family holiday turned to tragedy.<\/p>\n

Matteo Brandimarti was in the spa at the picturesque Duca di Montefeltro Hotel in Pennabilli, Italy when he became pinned underwater.<\/p>\n

The 12-year-old\u2019s leg was sucked into the filter and he could not resurface, according to local outlet il Resto del Carlino<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It is understood he was underwater for five minutes before hotel staff turned off the filter to release his leg.<\/p>\n

\"MatteoMatteo Brandimarti died after his leg was sucked into a spa filter and he could not resurface. Credit: Unknown\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Matteo was pulled from the water unconscious and not breathing after the terrifying incident around 10.30am on April 5. He was then evacuated by helicopter to a nearby hospital where he was placed on life support.<\/p>\n

He was pronounced brain dead on April 9 and his organs have been donated to six other children, the family\u2019s lawyer Umberto Gramenzi told People<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"HotelHotel Il Duca del Montefeltro. Credit: Unknown\/Trip Advisor<\/p>\n

The principal at his local school described Matteo as \u201ca lively boy, interested in life, and beloved by his classmates\u201d, while his parish priest said he was an \u201cintelligent, capable, helpful, curious, and always present child\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Gramenzi said an investigation into the fatal incident was underway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere appears to have been negligence on the part of the hotel facility due to a malfunction in the pool\u2019s suction system,\u201d he told People.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is considered a crime of negligence due to carelessness, imprudence, lack of competence, and failure to comply with regulations regarding pool operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Local media have reported the hotel owner, manager, and pool maintenance worker on shift at the time of Matteo\u2019s death are under investigation by police in relation to negligent homicide.<\/p>\n

\"MatteoMatteo Brandimarti with his family. Credit: Unknown\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Mr Gramenzi said the family hopes those responsible are criminally prosecuted and punished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young boy has died in horrific circumstances after a dream family holiday turned to tragedy. Matteo Brandimarti…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40,1720],"class_list":["post-651345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}