A UK holidaymaker has died after plunging from a seventh-floor hotel terrace in Magaluf. The tragedy occurred just days after the authorities in Majorca and UK Foreign Office officials unveiled the annual campaign to remind holidaymakers about balcony safety.
It has been reported the 34-year-old tourist fell from the balcony of the South Beach Hotel at around 8am yesterday, Local Guardia Civil sources told Ultima Hora the holidaymaker was suspected of being under the influence of some kind of substance, because of his behaviour before the incident.
Guardia Civil, police officers and medics from a nearby health centre raced to the scene at the beachfront hotel, but they were not able to save the man's life. Witnesses described how the victim was messing around on the balcony but lost his balance and plummeted around 50ft to the ground.
