British man dies after falling from hotel balcony in Tenerife

A British man has died after falling from the balcony of a hotel at a popular resort in Tenerife.

The 43-year-old victim is reported to have plunged from the second floor of a hotel complex in Bruselas Avenue, Playa de las Americas, at about 3am on Thursday.

The victim has not yet been identified, with police in the Canary Islands referring to him by his initials G.R.

A police spokesman told The Sun that the man was alone when he fell and the incident is still under investigation.

An emergency services spokesman said in a statement: “A British national aged 43 has died.

“We received a call just after 3am this morning alerting us to the fact a man had fallen from the second floor of a tourist complex and was injured.

“We activated an immediate emergency response and sent an ambulance to the scene with trained paramedics.

“However the victim died at the scene before of the severity of the injuries he had suffered.”

A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are providing support to the family of a British national following their death in Tenerife on January 21.”