PEOPLE WHO DIED WHILE TAKING A SELFIE
Added on: 8th Jan 2016
THE TAJ MAHAL IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MONUMENTS
IN THE WORLD AND IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR IT WAS ALL
OVER THE NEWS. A JAPANESE TOURIST LOST HIS LIFE
THERE WHILE TAKING A SELFIE. ACCORDING TO AN
EYEWITNESS, THE VICTIM WAS ON THE STEPS WHEN HE
SLIPPED AND FELL. POLICE REPORTEDLY SAID HE LOST
CONSCIOUSNESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FALL AND DIED
OF HEAD INJURIES AT THE HOSPITAL.
AN INDIAN ENGINEERING STUDENT DIED WHILE TAKING
SELFIES WITH FRIENDS AT KOLLI HILLS, NAMAKKAL,
TAMIL NADU, INDIA. THE ROCK ON WHICH HE WAS
STANDING CRACKED AND GAVE WAY, PLUNGING HIM
SIXTY FOOT TO HIS DEATH.
A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD RUSSIAN SCHOOLBOY FELL
TO HIS DEATH WHILE TRYING TO TAKE AN
“EXTREME SELFIE” ON THE ROOF OF A NINE-STORY
BUILDING. THE TEENAGER, IDENTIFIED ONLY AS
ANDREY R., CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING
IN VOLOGDA, RUSSIA, TO TAKE A SELFIE FOR HIS
COLLECTION OF PHOTOS IN DANGEROUS PLACES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS TIME HIS LUCK RAN OUT.
A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD DIED LAST SEPTEMBER AFTER
TRYING TO TAKE A SELFIE WHILE HOLDING A LOADED
PISTOL TO HIS HEAD. THE GUN WENT OFF ACCIDENTALLY
AND SHOT HIM IN THE THROAT. HE DIED AT THE SCENE.
A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD STUDENT NAMED MARIE ROCELLO
FELL TO HER DEATH IN JUNE 2014 IN MANILLA, PHILIPPINES,
AFTER SHE LOST HER BALANCE WHILE TAKING A PHOTO
OF HERSELF AND A FRIEND ON THE STAIRCASE LANDING
OF THEIR SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO DOCTORS, SHE
SUSTAINED A SHARP BLOW TO THE HEAD AND
BROKE A RIB WHICH PIERCED A KIDNEY.
A MAN REFERRED TO AS MR. CHEN REPORTEDLY FELL OFF
A WATERFALL IN ZHEJIANG, EASTERN CHINA, LAST SEPTEMBER.
HE WAS FOUND WITH A PHONE AND A SELFIE STICK AT
THE BOTTOM OF A RAVINE.
A MAN TRYING TO TAKE A SELFIE WAS GORED TO
DEATH BY A BULL IN FRONT OF A HORRIFIED CROWD.
THE THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD VICTIM WAS TAKING PART IN
THE ANNUAL BULL-RUNNING FESTIVAL IN THE TOWN OF
VILLASECA DE LA SAGRA, SPAIN.
A SINGAPOREAN MAN DIED AFTER FALLING OFF A
CLIFF AND INTO THE SEA WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE A
SELFIE ON NUSA LEMBONGAN ISLAND, OFF THE SOUTHEAST
COAST OF BALI. MOHAMED ASLAM BIN SHAHUL, TWENTY-ONE,
DIED WHILE ON VACATION WITH EIGHT OF HIS
CLOSEST FRIENDS.
A TEENAGER NAMED ANNA URSU DIED LAST MAY WHILE
TRYING TO TAKE “THE ULTIMATE SELFIE”. POSING WITH
A FRIEND ON TOP OF A TRAIN IN THE NORTH EASTERN
ROMANIAN CITY OF IAȘI, HER LEG TOUCHED A LIVE
WIRE ABOVE, SENDING AN ELECTRICAL SURGE OF UP
TO 27,000 VOLTS THROUGH HER BODY. SHE DIED
INSTANTLY AND HER FRIEND WAS HOSPITALIZED
BUT SURVIVED.
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