A 14-YEAR-OLD girl has died following a swimming pool accident in Didim, it has emerged.

The teen, named locally as Yaren Akdoğan, died after her lifeless body was pulled from the pool by concerned neighbours at about 7pm, yesterday (Wed July 13), at a property on Fener Caddesi, Hisar Mahallesi.

Local media said emergency services were called and CPR and breathing apparatus was used to ventilate the girl before she was taken to Didim hospital.

She was transferred to Denizli State Hospital but despite medical treatment she later died.

It has emerged the teenager’s head may have somehow come into contact with the pool floor before being pulled out unconscious. She was holidaying in Didim with her family who came from Izmir.