Brit boy, 8, left with brain injuries after horror Ibiza hotel plunge was trying to fetch towel from the balcony
The eight-year-old, who suffered a traumatic brain injury as well as a skull fracture and broken jaw in Tuesday night's fall, was with his grandmother at the time according to local reports.
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Police investigators confirmed overnight the incident was being treated as an accident.
Hospital chiefs are expected to update the injured youngster's condition later today.
He was airlifted to an intensive care unit at Majorca's Son Espases Hospital following an emergency op at a private clinic in Ibiza.
The unnamed child went over the edge of his balcony at the Aparthotel Vibra Bay in the Ibizan holiday resort of San Antonio just before 8.30pm on Tuesday.
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