Brit tourist, 19, killed in 3rd floor plunge from Ibiza Rocks hotel weeks after UK holidaymaker died in fall at resort
The unnamed 19-year-old was killed instantly in the fall at the four-star Ibiza Rocks Hotel in party town San Antonio.
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This is the same hotel where a Scottish tourist died just over a fortnight ago.
Two ambulances were sent to the scene but paramedics say there was nothing they could do to save him.
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