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British Tourist, 24, Dies After Stairwell Fall at Tenerife Holiday Block

Investigators led by a local court are probing an apparent accidental fall pending autopsy results.

Overview

  • The 24-year-old fell down a stairwell at about 5:30am Saturday at an apartment complex on Avenida Rafael Puig Lluvina in Playa de las Americas.
  • Emergency crews responded to reports of a person lying on the ground and pronounced him dead at the scene.
  • Police say he was on the second floor when he fell, and they are working on a theory that he left a fourth-floor apartment during the night in an accident.
  • A local investigating court is in charge of the case, and a post-mortem with toxicology tests has been ordered with results not yet released.
  • Officers learned he had attended the Eastenderz electronic music festival in nearby Costa Adeje earlier that day with a friend.