A CANADIAN tourist has died after he slipped and cracked his head on a lucky Buddhist statue.
The Canadian holidaymaker, 66, was walking back to his hotel room when he slipped on some steps and tragically smashed his head on the stone carving.
This is the hotel where the tourist tragically fell and hit his headViral Press
The golden statue can be seen at the bottom of the short flight of stairs
The horrifying accident happened on Wednesday at a beach resort in Pattaya, on the east coast of Thailand.
The stone statue was an ornate female figure placed on a short flight of stairs near the entrance as a good luck shrine.
Shocked hotel staff discovered the man lying face down on the ground and called the emergency services.
Paramedics attempted resuscitation but sadly the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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