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A teenager has died after he fell from a Gold Coast apartment overnight and four others are in hospital, following a drug-fuelled party in Surfers Paradise.

A teenager has fallen to his death from a balcony on the Gold Coast.
Key points:

  • The teenager was found at the foot of the apartment building with traumatic injuries
  • Police say they found four other teenagers in a semi-conscious state who had consumed prescription drugs
  • The Queensland Ambulance Service says drug overdoses among young people are “regretfully common”

Police say 19-year-old Brisbane man Cian English was found dead at the foot of an apartment building in Surfers Paradise just after 3:00am on Saturday.
It is believed he was partying with friends when he fell from the fourth floor of the complex on View Avenue.
Four people were taken to Robina Hospital in stable conditions and another three were assessed at the scene.
A spokeswoman for Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service said the four teenagers were released from hospital later on Saturday.
A Queensland police spokesman said they were suffering from “drug-induced” medical conditions.
“We are speaking with everyone but it looks like it was a party,” the spokesperson said.
“Police attended a unit above where four teenage males were in a semi-conscious state, after consuming prescription drugs.
Police say four teenage males were found in a semi-conscious state at the Gold Coast unit.(ABC News: Tim Swanston)
“A crime scene has been established for the whole complex.”
Police said the people involved were from two separate apartments within the same complex.
The death is not being treated as suspicious.
Drug-fuelled tragedy ‘regretfully common’
Neil Stead, the senior operations supervisor with the Queensland Ambulance Service, said paramedics found the man at the back of the apartment block with traumatic injuries.
“CPR was commenced on the individual and it was later called off,” he said.
“He could not be resuscitated, he was deceased on scene.”
Neil Stead says drug overdoses are common in young people as many underestimate drugs.(ABC News: Jennifer Huxley)
He said paramedics treated other patients on the scene who ranged between 16 and 19 years old.
“All we can say is there were some kind of drugs involved in the situation, which caused this incident to occur,” he said.
“A couple of them were quite stable. A couple of them had depressed levels of consciousness and needed to be roused.
“Drug overdoses are quite common regretfully, especially for young people.
“People underestimate drugs. They might be prescription drugs for one person not for another you shouldn’t take them unless you are actually prescribed them.
“No one wants a deceased person, whether they are young or old.
“Especially a young male who has got his life ahead of him, to have it cut off like this.”
He described the call-out as an “extremely difficult job” and said welfare checks have since been conducted on the crew that looked after the young male.
“These people worked last night and are at home now but we will be contacting them later on with our peer support offices.”
Investigations are continuing.