It has been confirmed by the Natiuonal Police that the 19-year-old tourist who is in a serious condition in intensive care at Son Espases hospital after falling from the fourth floor of a hotel in Palma is British and he had apparently been drinking..
The incident took place at around 03:05 this morning when the emergency services were alerted to the fall of a young man at a hotel complex located in the San Agustín area of the city.
Palma Local Police, the National Police and SAMU-061 paramedics were quickly on the scene.
The teenager has severed multiple fractures.
According to the National Police, the Briton returned to the hotel in a taxi, paid the fare and went up to his floor, after a night of drinking.
He was alone, unaccompanied, and shortly after entering his room he fell from a height of more than ten metres and broke his leg. He suffered multiple fractures, but miraculously escaped the brutal fall alive.
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I don't understand the British obsession with balconies. Or is it that they just get more drunk than anyone else? I'll say it again: hotels take note: put British guests into rooms with caged balconies. That should fix it.
Well.....when u compare this to the other that dived into a pool...(and it was his SO CALLED FRIENDS THAT EGGED HIM ON.....) which had signs saying "NOT TOO DIVE"....... he MAY never walk again...!!!! this one has been bloody VERY VERY lucky...!!! as we say..vamos a ver.... the out come of his conditon...!!!!