Boy, 11, falls to his death from hotel near Benidorm ‘while practising parkour’ watched by horrified tourists

AN 11-year-old boy plunged to his death near Benidorm while practicing parkour at a hotel. Several tourists allegedly saw the youngster land in the hotel reception area after falling more than 50 feet. An 11-year-old died while practising parkour in Benidorm, Spain He was rushed to a hospital in Alicante but died soon after arriving. It’s understood the avid parkour player fell from a hotel in Alfaz del Pi on Costa Blanca at around 3pm yesterday. A spokesman for Spain’s Civil Guard said: “We are investigating but everything is pointing to the tragedy being the result of negligence on the part of the youngster who died. “He wasn’t staying at the hotel in Alfaz del Pi where it happened and got onto the roof of the building with another friend to practice parkour. “In an accident he appears to have fallen about 52 feet, landing in the reception hall on the ground floor. “He was taken to hospital in a very severe state, first Marina Baixa Hospital in Villajoyosa and then Alicante General University Hospital, where he died last night around 11.30pm. “The dead child is a Norwegian boy aged 11 who lived in Alfaz del Pi. That is the only information we have at the moment.” Officers have declined to name the hotel but sources said there were a number of people believed to be tourists in the reception area when the first police arrived. Most read in The Sun ROBBERY SHOCK Raheem Sterling's home broken into forcing him to race home from World Cup RAID TERROR Sterling’s family inside home when armed thugs broke in & stole £300k ROAD TO GLORY England's best and worst routes to final with Mbappe, Messi & Ronaldo waiting SNOW JOKE We went to the 'WORST Christmas Market in Britain' & it's a total rip off festive fury Christine McGuinness breaks silence after kiss with best friend Chelcee Grimes BUTCHER'S CHOP EastEnders' fans call for Janine to be axed after 'change' to character One said: “Emergency responders started getting calls almost immediately after the boy fell.” Parkour is a sport in which practitioners attempt to get from point A to point B in the fastest and most efficient way possible. In August a teenager fell to his death from the roof of a 17-storey building in Hong Kong while practicing parkour with two friends. THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY… The Sun is your go to destination for the best celebrity news, football news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Download our fantastic, new and improved free App for the best ever Sun Online experience. For iPhone click here, for Android click here.  Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSun and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.