Don't know if this lady was drunk or not but condolences to her family. Several comments on here are blaming the Spanish because balconies are not high enough. Well I have found that they are ok for me - I haven't fallen off of one yet. In Leeds they are talking about fencing all the way along the cannals because in the last several years several drunks have fallen in (while drunk) and drowned. What next - fences along every road because someone walked out in front of a car? Drunk or not, we should take responsibility for our own safety and stop blaming everyone else.

Not another one! Drink in moderation and not when you're hanging over a balcony...

I have been going to Majorca for over fourty years and only ever drink in moderation but I have seen young Brits so drunk they have peed themselves,seen them slumped over cars totally legless, vomiting in the streets etc and yes,both the holiday companies and bar owners,be they Spanish or British play a big part in all this by so-called "pub crawls" and by serving more drink to people who have already had more than enough,they should be liable to prosecution.You can't stop people drinking but you can and should stop bars serving more drink to people who have already had enough then we will see fewer deaths of young people.

Drunk person falls off balcony. So? You really think builders are to blame?

Spain doesn't have the same strict building regulations that we have in the UK. likewise health and safety isn't considered. We pay homage to all the EEC regs that come from Brussels whereas other members of the E.U. ignore or just pay lip serve to them. When tourists start voting with their feet the Spanish as well as other holiday destinations will then start to listen.

Hahaha. Now I'm not laughing at the poor deceased, but at the number of deaths that have occurred in the last year alone from balcony falls.
I keep repeating myself here. How on earth does these balcony’s pass H&S even in the UK we had deaths from balcony falls. So is there anyone out there from H&S who doesn't see what a disaster this is, and why isn't anything being done?
Like I already said, it happened in Britain, and you’re not allowed on to a site without a HV jacket and hard hat, doesn’t matter if you’re a worker or not.
Another thing I had a nephew who was put off the site because he hadn't a little bit of paper saying, I paid a huge amount of money to the government just for his wee H&S piece of paper, and here is yet another death which shouldn't have happened.
I cannot figure out how people aren't allowed on to a site without this wee bit of paper, which wouldn't even save their lives, should there be a balcony and someone falls out of it on top of the person carrying this stupid wee bit of paper...
Ridicules red tape coming from the government which is as useless as an ashtray on a motorbike and their missing the point of balcony’s unsuitable for people to be out on.

With so many British youngsters drunk out of their minds it's difficult to make any kind of sensible comment about what in any other circumstance would be regarded as an accident. I imagine we must be the laughing stock of the Mediterranean.

if she was drunk..., why is it at all in the newspaper ??

I'm sorry, but I really think it's time something was done about Magaluf. Any sane parent who has driven through at night in the summer cannot fail to be horrified by the sea of drunken teenagers staggering down the streets, or vomiting in the gutters. You wouldn't let your pet dog stay in the so-called 'hotels' where they cram teenagers into bedrooms, often 8 to 10 to a small apartement meant for a family of 4. The mess round the pool and in the corridoors has to be seen to be believed.... I'm not a prude, but even my sons beat a hasty retreat after visiting friends who were staying there. My youngest, who suffers from vertigo, stayed overnight and was talked into climbing from one balcony to another to let a group of girls into their apartment. When he looked up and saw the balcony in daylight he couldn't believe what he had done. He is lucky to be alive - these people aren't so lucky. They are not the first, and until something is done they will not be the last. Our youth are a cheap source of income for the Majorcan government, and quite frankly as long as they pour money into the economy they couldn't care less what happens to them.

are there any figures available for the amount of other EU members falling off of balconies? im just wondering if its a british thing or if other countries youths are into doing stupid stunts.

A terrible tragic accident and a young life cut short. Not the first to die this way and tragicly will not be the last. Maybe alchohol was involved, maybe it wasn;t' but veranders are dangerous places in you have not got your wits about you.

Our son is 23 and a university student in Sheffield we as parents have done every thing posible for him apart from wraping him in cotton wool, when we read somthing like what has happened to Charlotte (only 23) we think were is our boy and what his he up to? our thoughts and prayers are with Charlott family