UPDATED Irishman dies in Majorca after fall from balcony
24 year old in balcony fall in Mallorca beach resort of Santa Ponsa
An Irishman from Athlone, Co Westmeath was the victim who fell from a balcony in Majorca during the early hours of Monday morning. 24 year old Daniel Kenny fell over 20 metres from his balcony in the Mallorca beach resort of Santa Ponsa while on holiday with friends.
According to The Sun Daniel was staying in the Globales Verdemar Apartments in Santa Ponsa and had checked in just hours before the tragedy struck. A spokeswoman from the Department of Foreign Affairs said: "We have few details at the moment of the circumstances surrounding Daniel's death but we are proving assistance to his family."
A police investigation is underway but it is beleived that the authorities have ruled out the idea that Daniel was "balconing" when the tragedy occured.
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Editors Note: Local news sources originally reported that a Brit had died in Magaluf as a result of a balcony fall, but as further information became available, it was revealed that in fact it was an Irishman who had died in Santa Ponsa. We apologise for any confusion this may have caused.
The original breaking news is published below:
A British person was killed this morning in the Majorca beach resort of Magaluf. The individual, who has not been named, died after falling from a balcony this morning at 3.07am. Paramedics tried for nearly an hour to save the youth, who is reported to be a 24 year old Brit but were unable to save the victims life.
This is the fifth Brit to fall from a balcony this summer and the third fatality from such a fall.
We will bring you more news on this story as soon as details become available.
