Brit boy, 8, plunges from third floor Ibiza balcony leaving him in intensive care with ‘serious head injuries'
The eight-year-old went over the edge of a balcony at the Aparthotel Vibra Bay in the holiday resort of San Antonio in an accident.
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He was initially rushed to a private clinic in Ibiza Town where he underwent an emergency operation before being airlifted to Son Espases Hospital in the Majorcan capital Palma.
Local reports said the transfer had occurred because there was no paediatric intensive care unit available in Ibiza.
The youngster is said to have suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, skull fracture and cerebral oedema as well as chest injuries and a broken jaw.
Local reports said the transfer had occurred because there was no paediatric intensive care unit available in Ibiza.
The youngster is said to have suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, skull fracture and cerebral oedema as well as chest injuries and a broken jaw.
The alert was raised just before 8.30pm yesterday.
A Civil Guard source said the incident was still under investigation but was being treated at this stage as an accident thought to have occurred while the injured boy was playing on a balcony.
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