Aussie player ‘died’ after jumping

An Australian Rules footballer who died while on holiday in Las Vegas had jumped onto a palm tree from the roof of a four-storey building, witnesses have told authorities. Port Adelaide midfielder John McCarthy, 22, died in what appeared to be a tragic accident on the weekend in the United States where he was on an end-of-season holiday. Officials said that McCarthy had ended up at the Flamingo casino very early in the morning alone and in a disoriented state after leaving a nightclub, finding himself on a mezzanine roof of the building. “It seems to be at this point of time, the evidence is suggesting, that he’s jumped off that wall to a palm tree,” said Australian police officer Stuart Bailey, who had spoken with the local coroner’s office about the death.