A British man has died after falling from the sixth-floor balcony of a hotel in Spain.
The country’s National Police are investigating the circumstances behind the death of the 37-year-old in the Costa del Sol town of Torremolinos in the early hours of Wednesday, according to local newspaper Diario Sur.
Emergency services had received several calls alerting them to the fall of a man from a hotel balcony.
Paramedics attended, but were unable to save the man’s life.
The man was staying at the hotel with his wife and two young children, both under the age of 10, the police investigation has found.
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According to Diario Sur, which cited the investigation, the couple had been drinking alcohol.
The woman, it is reported, said she went to the bedroom to sleep, while her husband stayed alone on the balcony, at which point he fell.
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The newspaper said that she told police that she was sure the fall was an accident .
