Pal of Magaluf balcony fall teen issues stark warning to young Scots booking first trip abroad

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The best friend of a teenager who died after plunging from a balcony in Magaluf has issued a stark warning to young Scots. Natalie Cormack, from North Ayrshire, was 19 when she was working in the Spanish holiday in April 2018.

She suffered catastrophic injuries when she lost her grip while attempting to climb from a pals' seventh floor apartment to her own flat after losing her keys.In the wake of her death, pal Erin Montgomery started the "Don't leave a friend behind" campaign in a bid to raise awareness about balcony falls and young people drinking too much alcohol on holiday.But seven years on, Erin, 25, worries that the risks are still not being taken seriously enough after 19-year-old Scots law student Emma Ramsay died when she fell from her balcony in Ibiza last August.Speaking to the Record, Erin said: "Emma's recent death made me worry that the new generation of young people going on holiday this summer for the very first time won't have heard about Natalie or our campaign to highlight the risks involved. "Young people think they are invincible but I want to get this message out there to as many of them as possible this year and try to stop someone else being killed. "Go and have fun on holiday, but beware of the risks of alcohol and balconies and never leave any of your friends alone at night.

It just takes one mistake and people are losing a loved one and many lives are changed forever. "When I hear of incidents like Emma in Ibiza last year it just re-traumatises me and hits home that we need to keep pushing this campaign because it can't be reaching enough people."Erin explained the "Don't leave a friend behind" campaign was formed after a group of Natalie's friends came together to raise money to bring her