This is the glass panelled door that Jake Hall fell through moments before his death in a Majorcan villa. The tragic TOWIE star died on Wednesday morning in the sleepy village of Santa Margalida, in the north of the Spanish island.
The fashion designer and artist, 35, had arrived in the £200-a-night Airbnb on Tuesday, rolling his suitcase down the narrow road while he said hello to neighbours. That evening, Jake is believed to have spent a night out in Palma before coming back with two men and three women to continue partying at the villa. Music had continued from the early hours into the morning but at around 7.15AM those living in the terraced houses heard a loud crash and smashing of glass.
Rafael, 70, who lives directly opposite the holiday home, rushed into the home and headed towards the patio at the back of the property where he found Jake covered in cuts. According to the construction worker, Jake had believed the door to the patio and pool area was open at the time and accidentally ran into it. The door which was made of single-glazed windows and wooden frames broke instantly upon impact. With injuries to his head and glass shards in his neck and chest, Jake collapsed immediately on the patio close to the villa's small pool.
Rafael went through the house to see if he could give Jake CPR, but the father-of-one was sadly already dead. As Rafael tried to help save the man, the women from the party, who spoke Spanish, were ringing emergency services and by 7.30am an ambulance as well as the Guardia Civil had arrived. Speaking to the Daily Mail, Rafael said: 'I am no hero. I would have tried to save anyone who had been in that position and I would like to think anyone else would too.'
'We heard a loud bang and shattering of glass. I heard no screams. I had been heading out to go to work, so I went across the road and ran through the door. I could then see a body lying on the patio surrounded by a pool of blood.' His friends were in the street shouting 'help, help' and that their friend had an accident. 'He was badly cut all over his body, especially on his arms. He was topless but someone had placed a t-shirt over his body. He also had glass shards lodged in his neck and chest. There was a big red mark on his head. It looked like he ran through the glass patio door thinking it was open but in reality it was closed. I tried to see if there was anything I could do to help save him but there was sadly no sign of life. He was not breathing and I could feel no pulse.'
As soon as the emergency services arrived, Rafael left the Airbnb to move his car so the ambulance could park directly outside the property. Emergency services later declared that Jake had died at the scene, and his body remained outside the property until 1pm that day. Legal sources have told the Daily Mail that the incident is being considered an accident. An autopsy, which took place later, will confirm whether the disaster had been fuelled by alcohol and potential drug use, as many have speculated.
Rafael added: 'When I rushed into the home I was focusing purely on the man who was hurt, but I did not notice any bottles of alcohol lying around or drugs scattered around the property. The young people, who were well dressed, seemed nervous and upset about their friend, but they did not look as though they were high on drugs. I later came back for a coffee break, and all the young people who had been partying with him were sat on the curb of the road, while the Guardia Civil stood nearby. Two of the young women who came up to me were saying thank you in Spanish. The group seemed to be mostly Spanish-speaking.'
'It is normally a very quiet village, and there are not usually British people here. It's definitely not a party town. It is so safe that we all leave our cars open at night.' Authorities in Majorca have said there is no evidence at present of a crime, while a legal source said the death is being treated as an 'accidental death'. Officials are now waiting for the results of an autopsy that took place in Palma on Friday. The results will then be sent to an investigating judge; however, these won't be released, as is normal in Spain.
Guardia Civil confirmed last night that the reality TV star and model's death is being treated as accidental. A Civil Guard spokesman said: 'There is nothing pointing to it being the result of a crime at this stage.' The force's officers are understood to have questioned several people who were at the house at the time the death occurred - believed to be three men and three women. Their nationalities are yet to be confirmed. An investigating magistrate in the nearby town of Inca is understood to have been sent an initial police report and will be receiving the autopsy results as they become available. The post-mortem will give some answers, while more tests of tissue samples will later be sent to a specialist lab on the Spanish mainland. The results will confirm whether or not Jake had been high on drink and drugs when the accident occurred.
Hours before he died, Mr Hall shared a video showing himself dancing, painting and enjoying the local scenery. The post - set to the Rolling Stones' classic Beast of Burden - was captioned: 'Life is b******s sometimes but I'm gonna try to remember the good things – ️ looking through things – I'm just making art – in many forms.'
