Police are investigating the death of a 26 year old man who died during a drinking party in Samabula on Thursday night.

Assistant Police Spokesperson Sergeant Atunaisa Sokomuri said the man was drinking beer with his friends when he fell from the verandah.

Sokomuri said the man was taken back into the house with his friends thinking he had fallen off to sleep.

Sokumuri added his friends tried to wake him up but it was too late by then as Police believe the man had already died.

The post mortem report reveals the man died of a brain hemorrhage.