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Tourist slips on rocks and plunges 50ft to her death while taking photo at waterfall

A tourist fell to 50 feet to her death after she slipped on a mossy surface while posing for a picture at a beauty spot.

Nane-Iosana Bodea, 23, was on holiday in Thailand with pals and was visiting the Na Muang waterfall on Koh Samui island.

She had been taking a dip in a pond near the waterfall's edge.

Nane-Iosana, from Romania, decided to have a photo taken and slipped on a wet patch before falling onto the rocks below in front of horrified onlookers.

Friend Manuel Opancar, 22, from Austria, said they walked to the top of the “steep and dangerous” waterfall before the disaster unfolded, Daily Star reports.

Nane-losana Bodea was taking a selfie when she plunged to her death (ViralPress)
Nane-Iosana Bodea, 23, was visiting the beauty spot with friends during a trip to the island of Koh Samui (ViralPress)

He said he and the other onlookers raced to the bottom to try and save Nane-Iosana.

Heroic medics tried to Nane-Iosan’s life but she sadly died at the scene.

Rescue teams had to use ropes and a stretcher to retrieve her body from the rocks in a three-hour mission.

Her body has been sent to Koh Samui Hospital for an autopsy.

Nane-Iosana's friends rushed to where she fell (ViralPress)

The waterfall is known for its danger and Thai authorities regularly warn tourists to be careful after tragedies in previous years.

In 2019, Bastien Palmier, 30, slipped and died at the same location whilst taking a selfie.

And Spaniard David Rocamundi Conesa, 26, also suffered a horrific death at the waterfall in the same year as Bastien.

In 2017, the Mirror reported on how a British tourist miraculously survived the fall.

Paramedics arrived but it was too late and Nane-Iosana was pronounced dead at the scene (ViralPress)

Luke Scott, 20, was also on holiday in Thailand with five friends and went to visit the nearby Na Muang waterfall on the island of Koh Samui when disaster struck.

As he approached the edge of the water at the top, he slipped and was washed down the fall by the water current.

Best mate Harvey Hughes watched in horror as his friend bounced off three separate rocks before crashing lifelessly into the pool at the bottom.

He was attended by 15 paramedics and immediately rushed to a local hospital, where doctors were astonished to find him still alive.

Despite suffering multiple facial and skull fractures, splitting the back of his head open and shattering five teeth, Luke escaped with no brain damage.

After a week-long spell in two different hospitals, he returned home to Carlisle.

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