Documenting Selfie Deaths
On Monday, 14th of January 2019, two boys were hit by a train and died, when they were taking selfies on the track near Kochi, India.
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On the early morning of Thursday, February 8 of 2018, a woman was taking a selfie with a friend on a railway track in Bangkok, Thailand when she was hit by a train. She later died in a Hospital. Continue reading “Woman hit by train while posing for selfie”
Two youths from the same family were killed after they were hit by a train while attempting to take a selfie, standing on the railway track located between the Kollupitiya and Bambalapitiya Stations at Sri Lanka, on Sunday June 11th, 2017. Continue reading “Two brothers die while taking selfie on railway track”
Four children, including a brother and sister aged 13 and 10, were killed when they posed for a selfie in front of an oncoming freight train on the Trans-Siberian line close to Vladivostok, Russia, on Sunday, June 11, 2017. Continue reading “Three killed, one injured when train hits selfie-taking kids”
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”
On the afternoon Wednesday, July 13 of 2016, two men were hit and killed by a train in Hung Yen, a northern province of Vietnam, while they were taking a selfie on the track.
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Two young men were run over by a train while taking a selfie on the railway tracks at Purushottampur railway crossing in Chunar area in Mirzapur district, India, on the afternoon of Friday, April 15th, 2016. Continue reading “Two young men killed while taking selfie on railway tracks”
A young woman has died after being hit by a train while taking a selfie on a railroad track in Foshan, China in April, 2016. Continue reading “19 year old student hit by train while taking selfie”
A young Pakistani man was killed on Tuesday, December 15, 2015, in Rawalpindi city, Pakistan, after being hit by a fast-moving train as he tried to take a selfie with it, officials said. Continue reading “Young Pakistani man dies while attempting selfie with moving train”
One person died and another was critically injured in the Kalyani area in Nadia district, India, as they were run over by a train while they were taking selfies on Friday, November 27th, 2015. Continue reading “One student killed while taking selfie on rail track”