Man Falls to His Death After Losing Poker Game

June 30, 2008

A British man on holiday died after falling 40 feet from a hotel during a forfeit for losing a game of poker. The man was according to news reports, Mark Day, age 20. Day reportedly plunged to his death in a freak accident on Sunday evening during a holiday with friends from University. The group was staying at the three star Majorca Beach Hotel in the resort of Magalluf.

Mark Day The police have revealed that after he lost the game of cards he was dared to strip down and run almost naked along a hotel corridor in just his underwear and socks. But he lost his balance at the end of the hallway and smashed through a fifth story window.

Mark Day reportedly fell to the concrete below and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics shortly after 8pm. Day’s friends, Marc Smart and Steve Kimberley, both 21 years old studied with him at the University of Essex and they are currently helping the police try to piece together the events that led up to the incident.

A source said: “We’re not clear yet whether he slipped because he lost his balance as he ran with just his socks on or whether he was running too fast and couldn’t stop in time.

“But he crashed through the window and fell more than 40 feet from the corridor which was on the fifth-floor. “We believe the victim had been drinking and that may also have impaired his judgment.”

The Hotel is refusing to officially comment at this time but a hotel receptionist said, “The dead man was with two friends who are talking to the police at the moment. We don’t expect them to return to the hotel.”

Mark Day and his friends were all sharing room 519 but his two friends have now been moved to another hotel. Police have ruled out anything suspicious related to the death and an investigating judge has now taken charge of the routine investigation.