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A British teenager has died from a suspected ecstasy overdose in Ibiza.

Danielle McCallum, 18, died in intensive care at the island’s Can Misses Hospital early on Tuesday morning.

She had been rushed to the hospital two hours earlier from a health clinic near to the hotel she was staying at in the party resort of San Antonio.

She was in a critical condition when she arrived and suffered heart failure shortly after being admitted.

One family member wrote: "Today has taught me to appreciate everything I have, got the best mates and family in the world.

"Strongest people I know and a love every single one of them, what a horrible day!"

Another wrote: "Devastated doesn’t even explain how I’m feeling right now man just so empty inside."

A female friend reportedly told doctors she had taken several ecstasy tablets over the weekend in party town San Antonio.

An autopsy is due to take place later today to try to determine her cause of death.

A spokesman for Can Misses Hospital said today: "I can confirm an 18-year-old British woman was admitted to Can Misses Hospital at 4am on Tuesday [following] suspected MDMA consumption.

"She was admitted to the hospital intensive care unit in a critical condition and two hours later died from heart failure."

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Sources close to the case said friends had told medics that she had taken ecstasy in the run-up to the weekend and felt ill in the following hours and days but had not sought immediate medical attention.

A doctor is understood to have seen her at the unnamed hotel she was staying at before getting her admitted to the private health centre where she was first treated.

Police sources said: "Everything at this stage is pointing to the British woman's death being drugs-related."

In June Brit tourist Andrew Watson's death in San Antonio was also linked to drugs.

The 32-year-old, from Newcastle, was found on the floor of his room at the Piscis Park Hotel on June 8.

Friends later raised more than £7,000 to fly his body home as he did not have travel insurance.

Brit mechanic Alan Drennan’s death in July was also blamed locally on a drug overdose.

The 21-year-old from Newtownabbey, Country Antrim, was found dead in his hotel room in San Antonio.

However friends and family have accused authorities on the island of a cover-up and Alan’s friends later reported he told them he had been beaten up by Spanish police in the airport.

A second examination in Dublin confirmed Alan had suffered injuries to his face and head.

Civil Guard officers deny any wrongdoing and his family is still awaiting the results of more tests.