Oceanfront Myrtle Beach Hotels, like Bay View Hotel, that rent to teenage guests or college students can find themselves in peril when these guests drink and make poor choices associated with underage drinking.

While many Myrtle Beach Hotels will not rent to adults under the age of 25, some who do can find the entire resort at risk.

The following is an incident reported in the Spring of 2008 by the Sun News concerning Bay View Hotel and a teenage guest who fell from the high rise hotel after becoming intoxicated.

Charlotte teen falls from Myrtle Beach hotel balcony
18-year-old told police he was intoxicated
KURT KNAPEK
The Sun News (Myrtle Beach)

A Charlotte teenager remained hospitalized Thursday, one day after falling two floors at the Bayview Motel in Myrtle Beach, according to a police report.

The 18-year-old was taken to the surgical intensive care unit of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center with serious injuries, said detective Carol Allen of the Myrtle Beach Police Department.

The teen, who told police he was intoxicated, had a crushed knee cap, bleeding in the brain, and several bumps and bruises, Allen said.

"He lost his footing and fell," Allen said. "It could be a long road to recovery."

Police found fingerprints and footprints on window ledges in a 12th-floor room and blood on a window ledge in a 10th-floor room at the hotel, located at 504 N. Ocean Blvd., according to a report.

The teen landed on the 10th floor, Allen said.

He is the second person to fall from a hotel this week on the Grand Strand.

A Largo, Fla., woman died Monday morning after falling from a 16th-floor hotel balcony onto a roof covering the resort's pool.

Bonnie Hoff, 54, died Monday at the Sands Ocean Club Resort, said Horry County Coroner Robert Edge.

She was found by a hotel guest, who alerted hotel security, authorities said.

The investigation into what caused her fall is ongoing, Sgt. Bob Carr of the Horry County Police Department said Thursday.