18-year-old man from Annerley, fled police when they arrived, attempting to climb from the sixth-floor balcony to a lower level, but fell.
The 18-year-old was trying to climb from a sixth-floor balcony to a lower level.
A teenager has fallen to his death from a hotel balcony while attempting to flee from police in Queensland.
Police said they were called to Spring Hill in Brisbane’s CBD about 5.50pm on Saturday after receiving information that a group of people wanted by police for a range of property offences were at a hotel on Wickham Tce.
One of the group members, an 18-year-old man from Annerley, fled police when they arrived, attempting to climb from the sixth-floor balcony to a lower level, but fell.
The man suffered critical injuries in the fall and was declared dead at the scene.
Superintendent Simon Taylor said officers performed CPR on the teenager until paramedics arrived, but the man was unable to be saved.
