YET another foreign tourist has been killed in a 'balconing' accident – the second in the last week following a German youngster's death on the Costa Brava.
This time, the unnamed victim – who is said to be a young male, but whose age and nationality have not yet been revealed – jumped from the ninth floor of the Atlantic Park aparthotel in Magalluf (Mallorca) in an attempt to land in the swimming pool.
He was not a guest at the hotel and did not have any ID with him, meaning authorities have not been able to formally identify him.
Paramedics spent over an hour trying to revive the man, who was unconscious, but to no avail and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
'Balconing' is a popular, but extremely dangerous stunt which involves diving from a hotel balcony into the swimming pool below.
It is mainly practised by young foreign holidaymakers from northern Europe, frequently the UK, after a heavy night's drinking and is rife in major resorts in the Balearic Islands.
A British man ended up in a deep coma with severe and irreversible brain damage last year, and a German man died after a dive from a fifth-floor balcony in Lloret de Mar a week ago.
