CCTV footage showed Joshua James Connell, 19, walking on the edge of a wall near a hotel pool at a party in Phuket, Thailand on Wednesday afternoon.

According to a report by The Sun, footage shows the Aussie backpacker raising his hands in the air and tiptoeing along a narrow white railing. However, when he reached the end of the railing, he lost his balance and slipped, plunging approximately 50 feet to his death.

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At around 5:45 p.m. local time, people nearby heard a thud and were shocked to find Connell on the tin roof of a cafe below the hotel. He was rushed to hospital. However, due to serious injuries he sustained in the fall, he was soon pronounced dead.

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“I had just opened my shop and heard a loud thundering noise. I thought a car had crashed or there had been an explosion in their kitchen. People gathered around 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,” said Ning Tanyaporn, a inhabitant.

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Police Lt. Col. Kokiat, who is leading the investigation, said officers received the emergency call about a foreign man who fell from a hotel and arrived at the scene. of the crime in 5 minutes, around 5:50 p.m. local time, until when Connell was already taken to hospital where he was confirmed dead.

“The deceased fell from the hotel adjacent to the restaurant, wearing shorts and no shirt. The roof of the restaurant hut was broken and several tiles were on the ground. The legs of the deceased were twisted and he had head injuries “, did he declare. said.

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The investigator said while they don’t believe anyone else was involved in the death, they have reviewed CCTV footage and are now questioning hotel staff about Connell’s behavior prior to the incident. incident and try to find out the reason for its escalation. the wall.

Currently, the body is undergoing an autopsy at Patong Hospital and the Australian Embassy is in contact with Joshua’s family, according to reports.

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Even though Patong is home to the province’s bustling 24-hour adult nightlife and the liveliest area in Phuket, accidents like this still happen. On May 17, a 22-year-old Australian man named Billy James Simmons died from a hotel on the same island and officers found drugs and alcohol in his room. Days later, Russian webcam model Evgenia Smirnova, 37, dove from the eighth-floor balcony of a hotel in Phuket in the early hours of May 31, 2022.

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