A fatal fall occurred at Disney’s Contemporary Resort on Wednesday morning (Picture: Getty Images)
A man plunged to his death from the balcony of a room at a Walt Disney World resort.
The man fell from a Disney-owned resort near Orlando, Florida, just after 5.30am on Wednesday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office told FOX 35.
‘Deputies responded to the Contemporary Resort after a call came in about a man found unresponsive on the hotel grounds,’ stated the sheriff’s office.
‘He was pronounced deceased on scene.’
The resort where the fatal fall occurred is a Walt Disney World property (Picture: AP)
The victim has been identified as Jeffery Vanden Boom, 39, of Greendale, Wisconsin, by the Orange County Medical Examiner. He died from blunt force trauma in an accidental fall from a hotel room balcony, according to Fox News Digital.
Disney did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Metro.co.uk.
A skybridge on the fifth floor connecting the Contemporary Resort to Bay Lake Tower was reportedly closed while police conducted an investigation.
Social media users who claimed to be staying at the resort posted about the incident.
‘I’m pretty sure someone just died at our hotel. We got a call at 7:30 someone had a medical emergency and not to go on the balconies and then they had people redirecting us,’ wrote one Reddit user.
‘And then we went outside and there’s a tent set up right under a balcony and a it’s all taped up. and a bunch of police vans and a van that says crime scene investigators.
‘It’s really sad but I think because of where it happened somebody jumped off the balcony.’
Boom’s death comes after an 83-year-old veteran on a Walt Disney World ride died. Joseph Masters and his wife Alice were on board the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover in the Magic Kingdom when he suddenly fainted, according to the September 25, 2022, incident report from the sheriff’s office.
Alice reportedly cried for help and tried calling other family members. Disney security and staff members performed CPR on Masters after the ride ended. He was rushed to Celebration Hospital and later pronounced dead.
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A man plunged from a balcony of Disney’s Contemporary Resort near Orlando, Florida.
