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19-Year-Old Seriously Injured After Falling From Third Floor of Hotel in Pájara

The incident occurred in the early hours at a hotel complex in the municipality. The young man was taken in critical condition to the General Hospital of Fuerteventura. Civil Guard and Local Police are investigating the cause of the fall.

A 19‑year‑old man suffered serious injuries in the early hours of Sunday after plunging from the third floor of a hotel complex in the municipality of Pájara, according to the Coordinating Center for Emergencies and Security (CECOES) 1‑1‑2 of the Government of the Canary Islands.

The accident happened at 01:57 a.m. when emergency services were alerted that a male had fallen from a considerable height for reasons that are still unknown. The 1‑1‑2 system dispatched a medicalized ambulance and a basic life‑support ambulance from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC), and also mobilised Local Police and the Civil Guard.

SUC medical personnel attended the victim on site, stabilising him after he presented multiple severe traumas. He was then transferred in critical condition to the General Hospital of Fuerteventura.

Security forces have taken charge of the investigation to clarify the circumstances surrounding the fall.