Documenting Selfie Deaths
On Friday, April 20, 2018, around noon, a boy climbed onto a rock to take a selfie in Keratsini, Piraeus, Greece. He slipped, fell 60 meters and suffered fatal injuries. Continue reading “Boy (16) falls from rock in Greece and dies after taking selfie”
In January 2018, a young woman fell to her death when she lost her balance while taking a selfie at the top of El Manto de la Virgen waterfall in Santander, Colombia. Continue reading “Girl (19) falls to her death when taking selfie at waterfall”
On Monday, December 25, 2017, a woman died when she slipped while taking a selfie in the curtain of the Malpaso Dam, located in the municipality of Calvillo, a town in the state of Aguascalientes, Mexico. Continue reading “Woman (20) falls from dam while taking selfie, dies”
A New Zealand woman died in London after attempting to take a selfie near a second-story window on Sunday, November 12, 2017. Continue reading “New Zealand woman (20) dies taking selfie in London”
On Sunday, September 17th, 2017, a 20-year-old man died after he fell from the 16th floor of a hotel car park in Genting Highlands, Malaysia. Continue reading “Man (20) falls from 16th floor after climbing on a wall to take selfie”
A student fell to her death while posing for a photograph at Seven Sisters Cliff, a scenic spot in southern England, on Thursday, June 22, 2017. Continue reading “South Korean student falls off cliff while posing for selfie”
On Tuesday, October 18th, 2016, a Russian schoolgirl fell to her death after climbing over a balcony to take a selfie. Continue reading “Girl (12) falls from balcony after taking extreme selfie”
On Sunday, 9th of October 2016, a young Chinese woman who was travelling on foot-board of the special express train from Galle to Colombo in Sri Lanka, slipped from the foot-board in front of the Madampe Railway Station. She later died of her injuries. Continue reading “Chinese woman (25) falls off train in Sri Lanka while snapping selfie”
Taking a selfie at Lonavala valley near Khandala, India, turned fatal for a 36-year-old Mumbai man on the evening of Tuesday, July 12, 2016. Continue reading “Mumbai man (36) falls in quarry while taking selfie”
Taking a selfie with a friend cost a man his life on the evening of July 2, 2016, when the duo was on its way to Mussoorie, northern India. Continue reading “Selfie costs man (32) his life”