Brit, 25, dies after late night fall from balcony in holiday hotspot as cops launch probe
HOLS HORROR Brit, 25, dies after late night fall from balcony in holiday hotspot as cops launch probe
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A BRITISH 25-year-old man has died after a horror late night fall from his hotel balcony.
Police were called to the popular tourist hotel in Malta in the early hours of Friday as they discovered the man lifeless on the ground.
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A Brit has died after falling from a hotel balcony in St Julian, Malta
A medical team rushed to the scene at Triq Spinola but found the Welshman dead upon arrival.
Preliminary investigations say the Brit likely fell off his balcony at around 4.15am.
The fatal incident happened at the Cavalieri Art Hotel, Times of Malta confirmed.
The road outside the block was temporarily closed on Friday morning as emergency crews took the body away.
Malta Police have announced its investigations are ongoing.
Welsh MP Senedd Sian Gwenllian said in a statement that the man's death was "truly devastating".
She added: "The pain his family must be experiencing is unimaginable.
"My thoughts, and those of the people of Gwynedd, are with them in their grief."
Across the past few months, several Brit tourists have been involved in serious accidents abroad.
In June, a 24-year-old plunged over 32ft from a hotel balcony in Ayia Napa.
Brit tourist, 18, fighting for life after third floor balcony plunge in Ibiza as he's airlifted to hospital
The man was rushed to hospital with life threatening injuries.
A similar incident in Costa del Sol saw a Brit holidaymaker left fighting for his life after plunging from a hotel balcony at 5am.
Dad Ben Clark, 41, died instantly after he fell into a rocky area near a popular holiday beach in Majorca last month.
He fell 15ft off a wall to his death as his family named him as a "true legend".
His daughter, Kaci Fraya, is believed to have been on the Spanish holiday to Cala Agulla on the island's northeast coast with her dad at the time of his death.
In a touching post on Facebook, she wrote: "Love you forever dad."
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