PROPERTY SEARCH

Date Published: 13/05/2022

ARCHIVED - Holidaymaker killed jumping off cliff in Spain while his partner filmed it

ARCHIVED ARTICLE

The man hit the rocks as he was about to reach the water on the Spanish island of Mallorca

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Holidaymaker killed jumping off cliff in Spain while his partner filmed it

A young man has tragically died after leaping from a 25-metre-high cliff into the sea on the Malgrats Islands off the coast of Santa Ponsa in Mallorca on Thursday May 12. The 31-year-old victim had reportedly rented a boat and sailed out to the outcrop with his partner and children, the oldest of whom is 4 years old.

The Dutch tourist was shown in a chilling video reportedly recorded by the victim’s girlfriend at the very moment he plunged from the cliff; misjudging the jump, the man smashed into the jutting rocks below before tumbling into the sea and being swept away by the current.

A Maritime Rescue boat and helicopter were immediately mobilised in the area, joined by the Special Group for Underwater Activities (GEAS) of the Guardia Civil, who located the lifeless body of the tourist some time later.

An autopsy has revealed that the man did not die on impact with the rocks, but died by drowning after he fell unconscious in the water.

The family of the deceased, who witnessed the entire horrific event, are receiving ongoing psychological support.

With the holiday season hardly begun, this is the second tragedy in 24 hours to be reported in Mallorca. Also on Thursday, a 31-year-old Briton plunged to his death from a seventh-floor balcony of a hotel in Magaluf.

Sign up for the Spanish News Today Editors Roundup Weekly Bulletin and get an email with all the week’s news straight to your inbox

Special offer: Subscribe now for 25% off (36.95 euros for 48 Bulletins)