Spain: 'balconing' leaves one dead and one injured in Ibiza 22 dead in 2014 from fad, mostly twenty-somethings

(ANSAmed) - MADRID, SEPTEMBER 3 - A fad among youths vacationing in Spain of jumping into pools directly from hotel balconies has left about a dozen people dead since the beginning of the summer. The latest, a 25-year-old British national, died on Tuesday evening after falling from the first floor patio of the Hotel Ibiza Rocks, in Sant Antoni de Portmany on the island of Ibiza.



Reports were from the civil defense units, who have opened an inquiry into the incident. Witnesses say that prior to the fall the young man was in an altered state of consciousness and had likely consumed a mixture of drugs or alcohol. He reportedly jumped over the edge after running from one side to the other of the balcony. The young man was taken to hospital but died shortly thereafter from injuries suffered. A second alleged case of 'balconing' occurred on Wednesday morning on Ibiza, where a young man (not yet identified) jumped from the third floor of the Marì hostel in Calle Progreso, Sant Antoni. The young man, according to rescue workers, has been hospitalized in critical condition, with serious head injuries. Since the beginning of 2014, over 22 people - mostly in their twenties - have died after either jumping or falling from balconies, according to the civil defense.(ANSAmed).



