By Camilla Theakstone For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 12:40 BST, 1 April 2019 | Updated: 12:40 BST, 1 April 2019
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A man has lost his life after falling through a pub roof while celebrating a close friend's 21st birthday party.
Jack James, 18, was out with a group of friends at The Royal Hotel in Corowa, on the border of New South Wales and Victoria, on Saturday night when the fatal event unfolded.
At some point in the evening, the young man climbed out of the pub's window and onto an atrium hanging over the Stanley Street beer garden.
Jack James (pictured with his girlfriend), 18, was out with a group of friends at the Royal Hotel in Corowa, on the border of New South Wales and Victoria, on Saturday night when the fatal event unfolded
Mr James then stepped on a laser light panel, reportedly causing the roof to cave in under his weight.
His premature death has sparked a pouring of tributes from family and
