Wayner Rooney and Ashley Cole's horror as fellow clubber dies after 'drug collapse'

The young man is treated by paramedics outside Whisky Mist early today

The unconscious clubgoer is put on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance

Police speak to a young man outside the club after the incident

Wayne Rooney, who was celebrating becoming PFA Player of the Year, is escorted from the nightclub early today

A 17-year-old tourist died early today after partying in London's Whisky Mist nightclub, where Wayne Rooney was celebrating being named Player of the Year.

The teenager from Lisbon, Portugal, collapsed in the club at approximately 1.20am.

He was then taken to a central London hospital where he later died.
Another man was arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs.

A team of paramedics battled to save the clubber's life as he lay on the pavement outside the nightclub. This morning the club was still cordoned off as police carried out further inquiries.

Rooney had been at the club along with his brother Graeme and fellow England footballer Ashley Cole after he was earlier awarded the PFA Player of the Year Award.
The player looked baffled by the commotion outside the club as he left but his spokesman claimed the footballer was 'unaware of any incident having taken place'.

The spokesman added: 'As Wayne was leaving the club he was asked - as were all other guests - whether he had seen anything.

'He simply told police that he had seen nothing and was not aware of any incident.'


Wayne Rooney with his trophy for Player of the Year with Aston Villa's James Milner, Young Player of the Year, at the PFA awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel earlier in the evening

Wayne Rooney and his brother Graeme leave Whisky Mist after the incident

A shocked Ashley Cole leaving the nightclub after the man collapsed

The man, whose identity has been obscured for legal reasons, is handcuffed and put into the back of a police van

Whisky Mist, which opened in 2008, is at the Hilton in Park Lane. The area outside the club in Hartford Street remained cordoned off this morning.
Scotland Yard said this morning that a 37-year-old man had been arrested at the club on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs, believed to be cocaine.

He was being questioned in custody at a central London police station this morning.

The club is the latest venture by the owners of London nightclub Mahiki which, with the help of club promoter Guy Pelly, regularly attracts the likes of Prince Harry, Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Owners Piers Adam and Nick House, Geri Halliwell's ex, have previously said their plan was to attract 'private bankers who live in Kensington and St John's Wood' rather than socialites.