By Cathy Elelman • Published: 08 Jul 2020 • 9:45
A MAN fell to his death from the fourth floor of a building in Mallorca capital Palma on Tuesday evening while trying to help out a neighbour who had locked herself out. According to reports, the 46-year-old was attempting to lower himself down from his terrace to her apartment below with ropes when he lost his balance and plummeted 10 metres onto the street. Witnesses to the tragic accident on Calle Valldemossa immediately called the emergency services. Health teams were reportedly on the scene within minutes, but could do nothing to save his life. National Police will carry out an investigation to determine exactly what happened.
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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