19 Apr, 2024 @ 17:19
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Young expat, 27, plunges to his death after ‘trying to jump between two fourth floor windows’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol after he ‘forgot his keys’

TRAGEDY has struck the Costa del Sol after a young expat, 27, plunged to his death trying to climb into his fourth floor bedroom. 

Erick Stiven Barajos Urrego attempted to scale his apartment building in Fuengirola after realising he had forgotten his keys. 

According to MalagaHoy, the Colombian national left his bedroom in a shared apartment but the door shut behind him, leaving him unable to get back in. 

In an attempt to access his room, he jumped from the kitchen window but fell four floors in the lift cavity between the two. 

Photo: Fuengirolasequeja

Firefighters were called to the incident, which occurred at around 10am on Wednesday April 17. 

Although his situation was very serious, he was still alive when they arrived to calle Francisco Merino. 

After being transferred to el Hospital Regional de Malaga, he died on Thursday evening. 

A friend of Erick and family spokesperson told MalagaHoy the family had decided to donate the young man’s organs.  

He arrived in Spain just over a year and a half ago. 

His friends have begun a fundraising campaign on local social media accounts like Fuengirolasequeja to raise money to repatriate his ashes back to Colombia.

Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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