News by Brianna Morris-Grant & Alexandria Utting & Andrew Potts 7th Feb 2021 5:47 PM | Updated: 8th Feb 2021 5:07 AM
Premium Content A VICTORIAN man fell to his death from a 40th-storey Gold Coast hotel balcony after losing his footing trying to clean damage from a popped champagne cork. The 36-year-old man was staying at the Hilton Surfers Paradise with family and friends when he tragically died from the plunge into the midst of a packed party strip about 11pm Friday. It is understood the group were on holiday from Victoria. The man had popped a bottle of champagne moments before his death and the cork had flown up and damaged the ceiling, the Bulletin can reveal.
News by Brianna Morris-Grant & Alexandria Utting & Andrew Potts 7th Feb 2021 5:47 PM | Updated: 8th Feb 2021 5:07 AM
Premium Content A VICTORIAN man fell to his death from a 40th-storey Gold Coast hotel balcony after losing his footing trying to clean damage from a popped champagne cork. The 36-year-old man was staying at the Hilton Surfers Paradise with family and friends when he tragically died from the plunge into the midst of a packed party strip about 11pm Friday. It is understood the group were on holiday from Victoria. The man had popped a bottle of champagne moments before his death and the cork had flown up and damaged the ceiling, the Bulletin can reveal.