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Ryan Merrifield & Natalia Penza

British tourist dies after falling from balcony at Ibiza resort

A British tourist has died after plunging from a balcony in Ibiza.

The unnamed 35-year-old died in the early hours of this morning in San Antonio after the alarm was raised just after 3.15am.

Police are investigating.

Sources said he had been on a second-floor balcony when he went over the edge.

The first 999 call that came in indicated he was lying on the floor below an apartment block near to a British supermarket and a short walk from the seafront.

A spokesman for the Civil Guard said: “I can confirm a 35-year-old British man died in San Antonio.

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The Brit plunged from the balcony in San Antonio, near the seafront (AFP via Getty Images)

“The circumstances surrounding this incident remain under investigation.”

It comes after amateur footballer John McKenna, 22, from Carlisle in Cumbria, died in the same resort of San Antonio after plunging from a three-star hotel on June 23.

He was pronounced dead at the scene following desperate attempts by paramedics to save him.

Pal and former Carlisle United player Josh Dixon admitted in a tribute at the time he was “heartbroken”, writing in a social media tribute: “Absolutely heartbroken writing this.

John McKenna died after falling off a balcony in the same resort last month (SOLARPIX.COM)

“One of my closest mates all the way through school.

“Wherever you went you would put a smile on someone’s face. Will be a huge miss to us all. Rest easy big man.”

Another friend, Olly Doyle, added of John, known as 'big John': “A true gent and the most genuinely nice lad around.

“Never a smile off his face, one of the best. Rest easy big man.”

Electrician John, who was staying at the azuline Hotel Llevant where the tragedy happened, played for Carlisle City Sunday League Premier side Scotby FC.

The club said in a tweet after learning of John’s death: “Today we lost a legend, a brilliant player but an even better person.

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