An 11-year-old Irish girl has died after falling 20 metres from the seventh floor of a hotel in Mallorca where she was staying with her family.
The young woman’s relatives are said to have been sleeping when she went out onto the terrace and leaned over the railing from where she fell to her death after landing on the roof of a first-floor restaurant.
The tragedy occurred at around 6.30am today in the Jupiter building, within the three-star Club Mac resort, in Puerto de Alcudia, northeast of Mallorca.
Local reports suggest the boy fell by accident, although the Civil Guard has yet to make any official comment.
Paramedics and other emergency services attended the hotel and attempted to revive the young woman, but tragically she was pronounced dead at the scene.
An 11-year-old Irish girl has plunged to her death at the three-star Club Mac resort in Puerto de Alcudia, northeast of Mallorca, this morning
The young woman, who is 20 metres from the seventh floor balcony of her hotel, heads to the roof of a restaurant on the first floor.
The young woman’s relatives are said to have been sleeping when she went out onto the terrace and fell to her death in circumstances that police are investigating today.
An autopsy is scheduled to take place today at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Palma.
The family at the centre of the drama are believed to have been planning to return home later today.
Following the tragedy, a regional emergency coordination centre has offered trauma counselling to the young man’s family.
A well-placed source said: ‘The girl who died was one of three siblings.
‘The family were due to return to Ireland today.
‘The girl’s parents were sleeping when she fell and had no idea what had happened until later.’
A Club Mac receptionist said this morning that the resort would not comment.
The tragedy comes just weeks after Irish physiotherapist Michael Grant died suddenly while on holiday in Magaluf.
The 45-year-old man, from Waterford, was found unconscious near the famous Punta Bellena tourist area, packed with late-night bars, nightclubs and erotic dancing venues, at around 4.30am.
Mr Grant was on holiday in Magaluf with his wife Leanne and their four children and other family from Ireland when the tragedy occurred.
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