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| Teenager hurt in balcony plunge | Teenager hurt in balcony plunge |
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| A teenager is in hospital in Cornwall with serious head injuries after apparently falling 45ft (13.7m) from a hotel balcony in the early hours. | A teenager is in hospital in Cornwall with serious head injuries after apparently falling 45ft (13.7m) from a hotel balcony in the early hours. |
| Police were alerted to the incident at about 0330 GMT. | Police were alerted to the incident at about 0330 GMT. |
| The 18-year-old man is believed to have fallen from a third-floor balcony at the Metropole Hotel in Padstow. | The 18-year-old man is believed to have fallen from a third-floor balcony at the Metropole Hotel in Padstow. |
| He is being treated at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, where his condition remains critical but stable. His family are by his side. | |
| His injuries were initially described as life threatening. | |
| The man, who is local to Falmouth, is understood to have been in Padstow at a party with friends, but police said the details were not clear. | |
| Officers have examined the hotel room and balcony, but a police spokesman said the incident was not being treated as suspicious. | Officers have examined the hotel room and balcony, but a police spokesman said the incident was not being treated as suspicious. |