Tourist, 32, killed after falling 100ft down Thai waterfall

A Czech tourist fell 100ft to his death while posing for a picture at the same waterfall where actor Paul Nicholls was stranded.

Jiri Barta, 32, travelled to the beauty spot with a group of eight other holidaymakers, including one Briton. The man shuffled to the edge of a cliff next to the Khun Sri waterfall while a friend took a photograph. But Jiri lost his footing and plunged to his death in front of his horrified pals at around noon.

Friends clambered down and desperately battled to resuscitate him - while his heart was still breathing for 15 minutes - without success. Rescue workers arrived a short time later and he was pronounced dead at the scene before being taken to hospital for a post mortem examination.

Devastated friend Miss Romana Uassara, 30, said the group had arrived in Thailand on February 5 and they had rented five motorcycles to travel around the island.

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