Overview

• The 25-year-old British national fell from the top level of a Mercadona supermarket car park in San Antonio just after 8 pm on July 14, plunging about 22 feet.
• Paramedics treated him at the scene and an advanced life support ambulance transferred him to Nuestra Señora del Rosario Polyclinic, where he is in a very serious condition in the ICU.
• Medical records report a traumatic brain injury with a skull fracture, dorsal vertebral breaks, chest trauma including a collapsed lung, and lacerations to his liver and spleen.
• Spain’s Civil Guard has opened an official probe to establish how the fall happened and whether any safety or maintenance failures contributed.
• The incident follows other recent falls involving British tourists on Mediterranean islands, heightening concerns over resort building standards and emergency care capacity.