A TOURIST plunged to his death in front of his horrified daughter after losing his balance and falling from an iconic monument in Rome.

Japanese citizen Morimasa Hibino, 69, died after falling from the perimeter wall of the Pantheon in the Italian capital, local media reported.

He is believed to have fallen about 22 feet at around 9:50 pm local time.

A passerby priest alerted the police when he saw the man lying in a ditch, according to the local newspaper. the Republic.

Emergency services attended the scene and, together with firefighters, were forced to open a door outside the monument to reach the tourist.

But after treating the man, authorities declared him dead at the scene.

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Police have launched an investigation to investigate the full circumstances of the man’s death.

According to police, the man was sitting on the edge of the wall before losing his balance and falling from a height.

Investigators also obtained surveillance images and videos capturing where the man was sitting, local media reports.

His heartbroken daughter told police that her father fell after being overcome by a sudden illness.

The world-famous Pantheon is one of the most visited attractions in Italy: millions of tourists flock to it annually.

Friday’s tragedy is not the only death that has affected tourists in Rome this year.

In March, a 55-year-old Spanish woman died after falling from a high wall near the iconic Spanish monument. Steps.

And in April, a Scottish tourist died after suffering serious burns from an explosion in ItalyThe capital.

Grant Paterson, 54, was caught in a suspect gas explosion in a building where he was staying.

He had arrived in the city a few days before the terrible experience.

And he had also visited the Pantheon before his tragic death.

Rome has seen a boom in the number of tourists after the pandemic in 2020.

the holidays The hotspot set a record last year when it received 22 million arrivals.