COPS probing the "selfie" deaths of two British pals on the Costa Blanca believe one lost his balance on a cliff and pulled his mate down with him.

Daniel Vivian Mee, 25, and Jayden Dolman, 20, were posing for a photo in an area known as Punta Prima near the town of Torrevieja.

The tragedy occurred after the holiday pair climbed the wrong side of railings on a raised seafront promenade to take selfies with a third friend.

Preparing a report for an investigating judge, local investigators now believe that one pulled the other down after losing his balance and desperately trying to hold on.

A LIFE-SAVING REACTION

Police are working on the theory one of the men lost his balance and tried to cling on to his pal’s arm in an instinctive life-saving reaction – but instead of recovering his footing unintentionally ended up taking his friend with him.

The two pals, both from Bridgwater, Somerset, plunged around 40 feet to the ground at Punta Prima beach near the resort of Torrevieja, around 7.15pm on Wednesday.

The older man died at the scene and the younger one on Thursday morning after being airlifted to Alicante Hospital and admitted to an intensive care unit.

A third man, named locally as 24-year-old Lewis Higgins, was physically unharmed but was taken to Torrevieja Hospital after suffering a panic attack.

He is thought to have been on the right side of the railings when the tragedy occurred.

Investigators have already interviewed him and other witnesses as part of a probe into the accident.

The families of the dead men have travelled to Spain so they can organise the repatriation of their bodies.

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Jayden’s cousin paid tribute to him in an emotional Facebook page late last night.

Nicola Rea, a Derby-based nurse, said: “Taken far too soon.

"We are all so devastated to lose such a beautiful young man.

"My heart is breaking for my cousin and family right now.

"RIP Jayden Dolman.”

A Foreign Office spokesman said after it emerged Jayden had died in hospital: “We are supporting the families of two British men following their deaths in Alicante, and are in contact with the Spanish authorities.

"Another British man was involved in the accident, and we are also providing assistance.”

Wednesday evening’s double tragedy occurred less than three days after Luke Freeman, 19, from Reading, Berks, died after plunging from holiday apartments in the Costa Brava resort of Lloret de Mar.

THREE FALLS IN ONE WEEK

Earlier this week, Luke Freeman, 19, died after he plunged to his death from a fifth-floor balcony on the last day of a Spanish lads’ holiday.

He was in the famous Costa Brava resort of Lloret de Mar just before 6.30am on Tuesday morning when he fell.

Police say they are treating the tragedy as an accident after reaching the conclusion he lost his balance and toppled over the edge of the balcony after a night out with friends.

He was staying at nearby apartments to the ones where he met his death — Apartamentos Trimar in the centre of Lloret — but had gone back to the block with six friends who had checked in a week earlier.

They were due to return to the UK late yesterday after giving statements to police.

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