Aussie League player died in Las Vegas

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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- John "J-Mac" McCarthy of the Australian Football League's Port Adelaide Power died in a suspected fall from a Las Vegas hotel, a coroner's report said.

McCarthy, a five-year veteran of the league, was in Las Vegas with 10 teammates, the Las Vegas Sun reported Tuesday.

Flamingo Hotel security reported a person fell Sunday morning from a roof of the property onto a driveway, about 30 feet, a hotel spokeswoman said.

The Clark County Coroner's Office said in a statement he died at University Medical Center and was positively identified, but said the cause and manner of death were still pending.

The newspaper cited a source who said there were indications McCarthy may have jumped from the third floor of a Flamingo Hotel parking garage.

"This is a terrible tragedy for John's loved ones, and our deepest sympathies go out to them. It is a very sad day for the port Adelaide Football Club and the rest of the AFL industry to lose a young man in the prime of his life," said Andrew Demetriou, chief executive officer of the Australian Football League.