Brit boy, 8, left with brain injuries after horror Ibiza hotel plunge was trying to fetch towel from the balcony
A BRIT boy, 8, left with brain injuries after a tragic Ibiza hotel plunge was trying to get a towel from the balcony, it emerged today.
The young boy also suffered a skull fracture and broken jaw in Tuesday night’s fall, and was with his grandma at the time.
The unnamed child went over the edge of his balcony at the Aparthotel Vibra Bay in the Ibizan holiday resort of San Antonio just before 8.30pm on Tuesday.
Cops investigating confirmed overnight the horror incident was being treated as an accident.
Hospital chiefs are expected to update the young Brit's condition later today.
Sources at Son Espases Hospital in Palma said this morning: “The child is serious and in intensive care.”
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The boy was initially rushed to a private clinic in Ibiza Town where he underwent an emergency operation.
He then had to be airlifted to Son Espases Hospital in the Majorcan capital Palma.
Medics diagnosed severe brain trauma, saying that he had a skull fracture, subdural haematoma and a cerebral oedema.
They also listed injuries including a fractured jaw and chest trauma.
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The transfer to Majorca reportedly occurred because no paediatric intensive care unit beds were available in Ibiza.
It comes after a Brit holidaymaker plunged from the balcony of Costa del Sol hotel at 5am on Tuesday, leaving him fighting for his life.
The tourist is said to have been rushed to hospital in a “critical condition” after the incident at the Hard Rock Hotel in Puerto Banus, near Marbella.
Witnesses say the unnamed holidaymaker plunged from a first-floor balcony - but it's said to have been the equivalent of a third-floor fall.
It's understood that he fell from the balcony onto a public street.
Three friends the Brit was with - who is described by unconfirmed reports as being young - have been quizzed by cops as part of an ongoing investigation.
Cops have not yet made any official comment but are not thought to be treating the incident as a case of so-called "balconing".
This is where tourists try to leap into their hotel holiday pools from their rooms or jump between balconies.
A few weeks ago, a Brit tourist was fighting for his life after reportedly falling from a third-floor apartment in Ibiza.
The 19-year-old was rushed to hospital after being found unconscious on the pavement with severe injuries.
Emergency services rushed to the horrifying scene in San Antonio where paramedics were able to stabilise the teenager.
Medics then took him to the Can Misses Hospital where he was treated for head trauma and serious multiple injuries, as reported by the Ibiza and Formentera Health Area (Asef).
From there he was airlifted by helicopter to the Son Espases Hospital in Mallorca for further treatment.
And in August last year, a British tourist tragically plunged to her death from the sixth-floor of a hotel in Ibiza.
The 19-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene after the fall.
Paramedics raced to the scene but could do nothing to save the female holidaymaker due to the severity of her injuries.
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A spokesman for the force said at the time: “I can confirm a 19-year-old British tourist has died following a fall at a hotel in San Antonio in Ibiza.”
A well-placed police source added: “Everything is pointing to this being a tragic accidental fall.”
