Two British men die after falling about 20 feet from a balcony at a hotel apartment complex in Lanzarote, Spain, an inquest has heard. Darren Silcox, 56, and Nicholas Thomas, 54, both from Cwmbran in Wales, are reported to have fallen in the early hours of the morning at the Galeon Playa Apartments in Costa Teguise. According to the accounts, the men fell after a wooden handrail or balcony rail collapses. Both sources describe the incident as involving the breakdown of the balcony rail, leading to the fall from an elevated level. The men die as a result of their injuries, with the reported height of the fall consistent across outlets. Details around how the rail failure occurs and what circumstances immediately precede it are not provided in the supplied summaries. The inquest hearing focuses on the cause of the fall and the conditions at the property, including the collapse of the balcony rail.
Two men die after 20ft fall from Lanzarote hotel balcony
Two British men die after falling about 20 feet from a balcony at a hotel apartment complex in Lanzarote, Spain, an inquest has heard. Darren Silcox, 56, and Nicholas Thomas, 54, both from Cwmbran in...
- Darren Silcox, 56, and Nicholas Thomas, 54, both from Cwmbran, Wales, die after a balcony fall in Lanzarote.
- The incident occurs at the Galeon Playa Apartments in Costa Teguise.
- The fall is reported to be about 20 feet.
- Both reports say the balcony handrail/rail collapses before the men fall.
- The matter is addressed at an inquest, which hears evidence about the balcony rail failure.
Darren Silcox, 56, and Nicholas Thomas, 54, both from Cwmbran, fell from the balcony in Lanzarote in the early hours of the morning after a wooden handrail collapsed, an inquest has heard
2 hours agoDarren Silcox, 56, and Nicholas Thomas, 54, both from Cwmbran, Wales, died after falling from a balcony at the Galeon Playa Apartments in the resort town of Costa Teguise in Lanzarote
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