A tourist at the Peruvian ruin Machu Picchu plummeted to his death while jumping up in the air for a photo at the popular tourist attraction.
Oliver Paps, a 51-year-old from Germany, fell 650 feet into a ravine at the Andean archaeological site on Wednesday, police told AFP.
An official witness told the outlet that Paps said, "I'm going to jump in the air — take a photo for me as a memory," before another Machu Picchu visitor photographed him as he fell into the abyss.
He had crossed over a barrier meant to keep visitors safely away from the edge of the mountainous tourist attraction, Machu Picchu's director Fernando Astete said.
Pap’s body was recovered from the ravine where he landed, and will likely be taken back to Germany.
His fall came one day after South Korean tourist Kim Jongim, 28, died after falling into an abyss at the Gocta waterfall in northern Peru, according to the country's Canal N.
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