A British man is fighting for his life after plunging from the third floor of a Costa del Sol holiday apartment.
The 31-year-old is said to have been rushed to hospital with a severe head injury and damage to internal organs as well as multiple fractures.
Local reports said the unnamed Brit had tried to jump into the swimming pool below the third-balcony during a party with friends, a practice known as balconing in Spanish.
Malaga-based newspaper Sur said he missed the water and instead hit a sunshade next to the pool before crashing to the ground.
The incident happened around 7pm on Monday at an apartment complex in San Pedro de Alcantara near the popular tourist resort of Marbella.
Emergency responders spent nearly 40 minutes stabilising the injured man at the scene before he was taken by ambulance to the Costa del Sol Hospital a 20-minute drive away.
He was subsequently transferred to another hospital in Malaga and admitted to intensive care.
His condition has been described as “very serious.”
Police could not be reached for comment early on Wednesday morning. In May a 24-year-old Norwegian tourist died after losing her balance and plunging from a ninth-floor balcony in the Costa del Sol resort of Marbella as she took a selfie.
She is said to have gone out on the balcony to smoke and take some holiday snaps and videos while a couple she had met during her sunshine break were trying to get their baby child to sleep.
