British tourist plunges from Ibiza supermarket car park days after Scot dies at hotel
A 25-year-old man was rushed to hospital after the incident at the Mercadona supermarket in San Antonio, days after Evan Thomson died at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel.
Mercadona supermarket in San Antonio.
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A British tourist is fighting for his life after plunging from a supermarket car park in Ibiza.
The 25-year-old was rushed to hospital following the incident yesterday just after 8pm local time. He fell from the Mercadona supermarket car park in the holiday resort of San Antonio.
He was stabilised at the scene by paramedics in two ambulances before being taken to the private Nuestra Senora del Rosario Polyclinic on the island.
A hospital spokesman said he had been admitted just after 9.30pm last night.
A well-placed source said: 'Yesterday a 25 year old man fell from the car park of the Mercadona supermarket in San Antonio.
'He was taken by an advanced life support ambulance to the Nuestra Senora del Rosario Polyclinic where he was admitted at 21:38.
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"The patient, a British national , remains in the intensive care unit in a very serious condition after suffering a traumatic brain injury with a skull fracture, dorsal vertebral fractures, chest trauma and a collapsed lung, as well as abdominal injuries and injuries to his spleen and liver all caused by the fall."
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The Civil Guard is understood to have launched an investigation into the incident. No-one from the police force could be reached early this morning for comment.
It is not yet known where in the UK the injured man is from and whether he was on his own when he fell or accompanied by other people.
The height he plunged from has not yet been disclosed.
Evan Thomson
It comes just days after a Scottish tourist died after falling from height at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel on Monday, July 7.
Paramedics were called to the scene but Evan Thomson, from Aberdeen, was pronounced dead in the grounds of the hotel.
Spanish authorities are understood to be investigating the accident.
His devastated mum Lel Kellighan shared the tragic news in a Facebook post on Sunday night.
Ibiza Rocks Hotel by day
She wrote: 'I'm absolutely heartbroken to write and tell you all, earlier this week my son Evan was in a tragic accident whilst on holiday with his friends in Ibiza and sadly passed away.
"We are all absolutely broken."
In April, a 19-year-old Italian tourist of Turkish origin fell to her death from the fourth-floor.
While a Scottish teenager died in the early hours of August 20 last year after falling from a sixth-floor hotel balcony in Ibiza.
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Emma Ramsay, 19, from Hamilton, was on holiday with friends in the party resort of San Antonio.
The tragedy occurred at a seafront four-star adult-only hotel called Hotel Vibra District.
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