7 May, 2024 @ 16:17
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German tourist, 23, dies after plunging 12 metres from her hotel balcony in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN tourist has died after falling from her hotel balcony during a holiday to Spain.

The 23-year-old plunged 12 metres when she fell from the ‘third or fourth’ floor of her accommodation in Arenal, Mallorca.

Police are continuing to investigate the tragic incident, which took place at around 3am on Tuesday, reports 20 Minutos.

Preliminary investigations suggest the young woman may have been attempting to access her room when she plummeted to her death.

While Policia Nacional and emergency services raced to the scene, they could do nothing to revive her.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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