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A British holidaymaker fighting for his life after plunging from a third-floor Costa del Sol tourist apartment had been binging on laughing gas and alcohol, police have said.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old suffered a severe head injury and damage to internal organs as well as multiple fractures in the fall, which happened at the Spanish holiday hotspot on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

According to local reports, he tried to jump into the swimming pool below his third-floor balcony but missed the water and hit a sunshade before crashing to the ground.<\/p>\n

The horror incident took place as the man partied with friends in San Pedro de Alcantara near Marbella, according to officers.<\/p>\n

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He was rushed to hospital in Malaga where he is now said to be in a critical condition and is now fighting for life.<\/p>\n

Reports suggested medics spent more than 30 minutes attending to the British man at the scene following the fall.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Spain\u2019s National Police said on Thursday: "The British 31-year-old who plunged from a holiday apartment in San Pedro had been partying with friends and consuming nitrous oxide and alcohol before throwing himself off the balcony according to the results of the investigation.<\/p>\n

"The severe injuries he suffered led to him being admitted to an intensive care unit at a hospital in Malaga.<\/p>\n

"The effects nitrous oxide have on peoples\u2019 nervous system, including hallucinations and delirium linked to its consumption, could have caused this incident.<\/p>\n

"Investigators have already established no-one pushed him and are not treating it as a crime."<\/p>\n

Police revealed details of the hours leading up to the incident as they said a teenage girl described as a "minor" had been admitted to hospital in Marbella in a separate incident on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Cops say she was rushed to the medical facility after consuming laughing gas and alcohol and jumping out of a moving car before throwing herself off a bridge.<\/p>\n

She is said to have suffered "serious" injuries. Her age and nationality have not yet been made public.<\/p>\n