9-year-old Italian boy dies while on holiday in Marsa Alam

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 7 - A nine-year-old Italian boy, Mattia Cossettini, has died in the Egyptian resort town of Marsa Alam while on holiday with his parents.
    The family, who are from the Friuli town of Tricesimo near Udine, had travelled to Egypt on January 2 and were supposed to return to Italy on Thursday.
    Local authorities have opened an investigation into the death of the little boy to determine its cause and possible delays in diagnosis and treatment.
    Medical sources say the child could have died from a brain hemorrhage.
    According to preliminary information, the boy fainted during a boat excursion and was taken to the resort's doctor who treated him for a heat stroke.
    A few hours later, however, his condition deteriorated and his parents decided to take him to a local hospital, where he died shortly after his arrival. (ANSA).