Documenting Selfie Deaths
On Sunday, May 1st of 2017, a 22-year old Scot, named Dean Steele, died when he was hit by a car while taking selfies on the motorway near Gudow, northern Germany. Continue reading “Scot (22) hit by car while taking selfie on German Autobahn”
In December 2015, five teenagers laid down in the middle of the road near an airport in Turkey to take pictures with a plane landing in the background. A truck driver did not see them and ran them over, killing two. Continue reading “Two young Turkish men run over by truck while taking pictures”
On August 15th of 2014, 54-year-old Lisa Knudson of Portland, N.D. was killed while riding her bicylce, when Matthew Kelley Strand, 36, of Niagara, N.D. crashed into her. Continue reading “Man sentenced to 6 months in jail for killing cyclist while taking a selfie”
A woman has died in a head-on collision on a US highway just seconds after she posted selfies and updated her status on Facebook. Continue reading “Woman dies in head-on collision while taking selfies”