Tourist, 49, dies in 82ft plunge from Bali waterfall while trying to take a selfie with his girlfriend on dream holiday
A TOURIST has died after he plummeted 82 feet while trying to take a selfie with his girlfriend.
Giancarlo Zicari, 49, an engineer from Matera, Italy was in Bali with his girlfriend Ilaria Biagi, 25, when a railing gave way at a popular waterfall spot.
The couple were enjoying their dream holiday when they visited the Gajah Mas waterfalls, in the Baturiti district, in Bali, Indonesia.
According to Tabanan Police Public Relations Chief, Gusti Made Berata, the couple had left the left the Homm Saranam Hotel for a walk to Villa Gajah Mas.
He said: "At around 11:15 am, the couple continued their journey to the waterfall, located about 500 meters below the villa."
"They reached a terrace with two wooden chairs and an iron fence created specifically to prevent visitors from falling.
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"The victim is suspected to have died after falling from the area of the villa waterfall in Gajah Mas, approximately 25 meters high."
According to police reports, Zicari proposed a selfie with the waterfall in the background.
The couple leaned on the fence, which gave way under their weight.
According to , Ilaria, from Turin, managed to survive the fall and was assisted by a Ukrainina woman Sokoliuk Viktoria, who was staying at the villa.
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She was given first aid and was rushed to the Baturiti Health Center in Tabanan.
Giancarlo’s body was removed by the authorities and taken to the Baturiti Health Centre in Tabanan.
According to local reports, a doctor declared that Giancarlo Zicari could not be saved as his injuries were too serious.
A Tabanan police public relations chief said: "The victim's family refused an autopsy and accepted the tragedy as an accident"
His loved ones, including both parents and two siblings, are currently organising the repatriation of his body from Indonesia to their home city in Italy.
It comes after another tourist plummeted to her death after falling 250ft into a volcano while her husband took a photo in April this year.
The victim, 31-year-old Chinese national Huang Lihong, tumbled into the Ijen Crater in Banyuwangi, Indonesia, as her horrified husband took a picture.
She stumbled and fell on April 20 after catching her clothing on the rock face and disappeared down the crater, it is understood.
She and her husband Zhang Yong had climbed the slope with a local guide so they could watch the sunrise from the volcano's rim, local media reports.
But as Lihong posed for the snaps she tripped and ended up tumbling backwards over the edge.
One photo released after the fall shows Lihong posing on what appears to be the rim of the volcano with one leg raised and whisps of steam and sulphur gas rising behind her.
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She fell 75 metres (250 feet) into the mouth of the volcano and it took rescuers more than two hours to retrieve her body, according to local reports.
Mount Ijen is part of a group of volcanoes on the border between Banyuwangi and Bondowoso in East Java.
