British tourist is IMPALED through leg by parasol after falling from fourth-floor hotel balcony 

A British tourist has been seriously injured after he plunged from the fourth floor of an apartment in Ibiza.

The 31-year-old man, who has not yet been named, was impaled through the leg by a sun umbrella.

The incident happened at around 10am this morning in the party resort of Sant Antoni.

Emergency services attended the scene and stayed for at least an hour while the man was stabilised 

It has been reported by local media that the Brit fell from the balcony of the Fragata building and crashed onto a table on a first-floor terrace below.

The pole of the sun umbrella skewered his leg and graphic pictures show it sticking out just above his knee.

The Civil Guard has opened an investigation to establish the nature of the incident and whether or not the man in question had been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

The Brit fell from the fourth floor of the Fragta building (pictured) in Sant Antoni in Ibiza

The Civil Guard, police and medics all attended the scene, along with a fire crew, once the severity of his injury had been made apparent.

Emergency services stayed on the scene for at least an hour while the man was stabilised. It is understood that in order to get him to hospital, the umbrella was sawn off so the pole could be removed by surgeons.

He has been admitted to Can Misses hospital in Ibiza and is in a serious condition.

He was rushed to Can Misses hospital to have the umbrella pole surgically removed

In a separate incident this morning in Sant Antoni, a 19-year-old British man, was seriously injured after falling from the second floor of an apartment block.

Following the incident one local said that more needed to be done to change the tourist model in the region, while others said that holiday makers visited Sant Antoni for a ‘certain kind of tourism’.