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A 17-year-old British tourist is in a critical condition after falling from a hotel balcony in Halandri, a suburb of Athens. The teenager has been declared brain dead, and Hellenic Police are investigating the incident, having arrested a 37-year-old kiosk worker for selling him alcohol using a fake driver’s licence.
Hellenic Police are investigating the incident following the arrest of a 37-year-old kiosk worker who allegedly sold alcohol to the teenager using a fake driver’s licence. The 17-year-old was reported to have suffered multiple injuries and was placed on life support in an intensive care unit at Erythros Stavros Hospital.
A 17-year-old British tourist has been declared brain dead following a fall from a hotel balcony in Halandri, with Hellenic Police investigating and a 37-year-old kiosk worker arrested for selling him alcohol using a fake licence. Hospital and law enforcement sources indicate that further investigations will address the conditions leading to both the teenager’s tragic accident and recent injuries sustained by another British tourist in Lefkada.
What remains unclear — Authorities have not disclosed the details surrounding the circumstances leading to the teenager’s fall from the hotel balcony.
British teenager in critical condition after falling from hotel balcony in Athens
A 17-year-old British tourist is in a critical condition after plunging from a hotel balcony in the outskirts of Athens (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
A British tourist has been declared brain dead after falling from a hotel balcony in Athens.
The 17-year-old boy sustained critical injuries after falling head-first at around 5am this morning from the first floor of the property in the suburb of Halandri, north of the Greek capital.
He was taken to Erythros Stavros (Red Cross) Hospital, where doctors confirmed his condition was unrecoverable, ekathimerini reported.
Hellenic Police are now investigating the circumstances around the tragedy.
Officers have arrested a 37-year-old kiosk worker for selling the teenager alcohol after he presented a fake driver’s licence.
Police have arrested a kiosk worker for allegedly selling the teenager alcohol on a fake driving licence (Picture: Getty Images)
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A source at the scene told the Sun that the teenager suffered multiple injuries, some internal, and had been put on life support in an intensive care unit.
‘It’s touch and go and we are all praying he will pull through,’ they added.
Earlier this week, another British visitor was taken to a hospital in Athens after falling on a hiking expedition on the island of Lefkada.
The 50-year-old woman was part of a group visiting the Nidri waterfalls when a rockfall left her in a critical condition with severe head injuries.
She was initially taken to Lefkada’s hospital before being transferred to an ICU at KAT Hospital in the capital.
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