A 24-year-old British tourist has died after falling down a stairwell at a holiday apartment complex in Tenerife, with police saying he may have lain undiscovered for hours. The incident occurred at around 5.30am on Saturday at the Parque Santiago 2 complex in Playa de las Americas, a popular resort in the south of the island.
The victim, who was on holiday with a Polish friend, is believed to have been on the second floor when he fell. A spokesman for Spain's National Police confirmed the man was British and said the death is not being treated as suspicious. 'Pending the full autopsy results, everything is pointing to this man suffering a tragic accident,' the spokesman added.
Emergency services were alerted by a Spanish man just before 6am, but the estimated time of death is around 2.30am, meaning the victim lay undiscovered for more than three hours. Sources said the man had attended an electronic music festival in nearby Costa Adeje earlier on Friday with his friend, who was asleep at the time of the incident and was informed hours later.
Police believe the tourist woke up during the night and left the fourth-floor apartment he was staying in moments before the fall. A police report has been submitted to a local investigating court, and full post-mortem results will be made available to the judge overseeing the case.
