Girl dies in schoolies balcony fall

A TEENAGE girl has died after falling from the balcony of a high-rise hotel on the Gold Coast during schoolies celebrations.

The girl, believed to be a schoolie, fell from the Chevron Renaissance tower in Surfers Paradise.

Police will only say a woman has died after falling off the balcony of a Gold Coast Highway high rise at 9.30pm (AEST) on Thursday.

They are speaking to members of the family and could not immediately confirm whether she'd been part of schoolies festivities.

One witness told the ABC he saw the girl fall onto the hotel's pool deck.

"A girl fell off the balcony and (I) just watched her fall," schoolie Seb Georgio said.

"I didn't want to watch."

Rory, a barman across the road from the Towers Of Chevron Renaissance, said hundreds of schoolies were standing outside the hotel following the incident.

"I saw 200 schoolies out the front of the building, two ambulance (crews), there were cops everywhere," he told AAP.

This is the sixth death from a balcony fall on the Gold Coast in the past 12 months.

Earlier this week, a photo of a drunk schoolie lying on the ledge of a Gold Coast high rise sparked renewed warnings.

Cameron Cox, 18, took a nap on the unfenced 11th floor ledge on Monday and photos of the incident were posted online.

He told the media he was drunk at the time and climbed out a window for the thrill, and to get some fresh air.

But if he'd rolled over he would have plummeted to his death.

The prank ended his end of school celebrations, with the Hawaiian Holiday Apartments at Surfers Paradise telling AAP he'd been ordered to leave.

But police inspector Pat Swindells said the girl's death was a tragedy during an otherwise good week of schoolies festivities.

"Young people who've come to Surfers Paradise have been exemplary in their behaviour and this is a very tragic incident that has occurred during what has been a very good week," he told reporters.

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