Schoolies teen in hospital after Bali fall

A 17-year-old Australian has been hospitalised after falling down a flight of stairs inside a Bali nightclub during schoolies celebrations.

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File image of Kuta Beach. Source: AAP

An Australian teenager has fallen down a flight of stairs at a Bali nightclub during schoolies celebrations, breaking his leg and shattering his teeth.

The 17-year-old was at Sky Garden in Kuta about 11pm local time on Tuesday when he fell down an internal staircase from the fourth to third floor, local police said on Wednesday.

The teen is currently at Siloam hospital in Denpasar being treated for a broken leg and shattered teeth.

Kuta Police Chief, Commissioner Wayan Sumara said CCTV from inside the nightclub showed that the teenager was "goofing around" moments before he fell.

"(He was) holding on to stairway rail, swinging his body and then he was thrown. He fell to the third floor face-down. His face hit the floor," Comm Sumara said on Wednesday.

"He was unconscious (initially) and had a wound to his left knee and his chin was bleeding."

The teenager's friends, along with a security guard inside the venue, took the 17-year-old to the first aid centre on the second floor of the club before being taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

A nurse, who did not wish to be named, told AAP at the hospital that the teenager was suffering from a broken leg and shattered teeth.

The nightclub is the same place where Australian teenager Jamie Murphy was detained with "excessive force" last week after security guards allegedly found a white powder in his bum bag on November 21.

The 18-year-old was held at a police station in Kuta for almost 48 hours over suspicions of possessing illicit drugs.

He was released after the powder was found to be a mixture of painkillers, caffeine, cold and flu medication and cough medication.

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