An Australian tourist has fallen six floors to his death from a hotel roof on a Thai island after slipping.
Joshua James Connell, 19, was seen on CCTV walking along a wall at the side of the swimming pool at the Paripas Patong Resort in Phuket on Wednesday June 30.
He threw his hands in the air and tip-toed onto a narrow white rail while balancing and appeared to try and emulate a parkour free runner.
However, surveillance footage shows the young backpacker reached the end of the rail and then slipped, plunging around 50ft to his death.
Shocked locals found Joshua dead on a tin roof of a cafe below the hotel at around 5.45pm local time.
Joshua, from Australia's capital Canberra, was rushed to hospital but pronounced dead shortly after due to the severe injuries suffered in the fall.
Local resident Ning Tanyaporn was preparing to open a street restaurant across the road from the fall and said: '"I had just opened my shop and I heard a loud thunder sound. I thought a car had crashed or there was an explosion in their kitchen.
"People gathered around the restaurant and saw the foreign man on the roof. He was unconscious so someone called an ambulance. Everyone was shocked that he fell down and died."
Police Lieutenant Colonel Kokiat Boonplod said officers received the emergency call about a foreign man who had fallen from a hotel.
They arrived at the scene shortly after 5.50pm local time.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Kokiat, who is leading the investigation, said: "The deceased fell from the hotel adjacent to the restaurant, wearing shorts and without a shirt.
"The roof of the restaurant hut was shattered and several tiles were on the floor."
The policeman said officers had reviewed CCTV from the hotel and do not believe anybody else was involved in the death.
Officers are now interviewing hotel staff about Joshua's behaviour leading up to the incident and why he was climbing on the wall.
His body is undergoing a post-mortem examination at the Patong Hospital.
Police have informed the Australian Embassy which is in contact with Joshua's family.
Patong is a vibrant district of Phuket and home to the region's 24-hour nightlife scene.
Last month on May 17, another Australian Billy James Simmons, 22, fell to his death from a hotel on the same island. Officers found drugs and alcohol in his room.
While on May 31, webcam model Evgenia Smirnova, 37, from Russia fell from an eighth-floor balcony of a hotel in Phuket.
