Following a string of balcony-related falls in Ibiza, a 22-year-old British tourist has become the latest to be seriously injured after falling three storeys in the party resort of San Antonio.
The unnamed man fell around 8 pm yesterday at the Marco Polo hotel, suffering chest and head injuries before being taken to Can Misses Hospital, according to the Civil Guard, who have launched an investigation.
San Antonio has come under increased scrutiny this summer following several tourist deaths and hotel plunges.
Dundee-born ice hockey star Gary Kelly, 19, became the fourth holidaymaker to die at the four-star Ibiza Rocks Hotel since April, when he fell from a third-floor balcony on July 21.
On July 7, Ewan Thomson, 26, from Aberdeen, fell to his death at the same hotel.
A 19-year-old Italian tourist plunged to her death on April 27 from a fourth-floor balcony at the hotel, owned by the Ibiza Rocks Group.
Metro has contacted the Marco Polo hotel for a statement.
Accidents involving British tourists in Ibiza have skyrocketed this summer. In late July, a British tourist was rushed to intensive care after smashing his head on the bottom of a pool.
The Ibiza Rocks hotel, which has seen a spate of accidents this year, suspended its events after a third British tourist died there in July.
A young footballer died from a suspected drug overdose this summer before he could even ‘unpack his bags’, his parents said.
The family of 18-year-old Ryan Long, from Eastwood, Essex, said they ‘can’t wrap their heads’ around what happened to their son.
His parents believe he had a bad reaction from taking ecstasy, adding: ‘We’ve sat our boys down many a time and told them not to take drugs.
‘I just can’t get my head around it. Not in a million years did I ever think he would do anything like this.’
The island’s ambulance service is under such strain from tourist-related incidents that it’s on the brink of collapse.
Major clubs are being urged to contract private ambulance services to keep up with the demand and ease the number of calls the local ambulance service responds to.
Drug overdoses in clubs are common in Ibiza, but rose last year after pink cocaine, a new drug, was found on the island.
Former Love Island star Zara McDermott investigated the drug last year on Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island.
In the series, she helped police uncover a bag of drugs thrown into bushes by a drug dealer and met a drug boss who said dealers can make £43,000 a day.
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