Accident ruled in Wales hotel jump

CARDIFF BAY, West Bank, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A coroner ruled accidental the death of man who fell to his death from the sixth floor of a hotel in Cardiff Bay, Wales, as he clowned around with friends.

Martyn Murphy, 29, jumped from a balcony at the St. David's Hotel and fell 80 feet to the water below, not realizing it was only four feet deep.

The Western Mail reports Murphy had been dancing on a table and doing an impression of Elvis before the jump.

Friends told an inquest Murphy had been drinking champagne and Jack Daniels, as well as taking cocaine. A pathologist testified his blood-alcohol level exceeded the legal limit for driving.