Documenting Selfie Deaths
On Saturday, February 21st, 2015, an Oregon man posing for a selfie was struck and killed by an Amtrak train as he and a woman posed for the photo on railroad tracks. Continue reading “Oregon man posing for a selfie struck by train”
On Thursday, December 11th, 2014, a teenage boy from Lynwood, Illinois, USA was chatting with a friend on FaceTime, holding a gun. The weapon went off and the screen went blank. The boy was later found dead. Continue reading “Teen (15) accidentally shoots himself dead while chatting on FaceTime”
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 fatal plane crash that killed two near Front Range Airport near Denver, Colorado, is linked to selfies taken by the pilot. The incident happened on May 31st, 2014.
National Transportation Safety Board was investigating the crash and concluded that the pilot was distracted by taking selfies when the crash occurred.
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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”
Essa Ricker and Kelsea Webster, both 15, and Kelsea’s little sister, Savannah, waved at a westbound train crew and squeezed in for a selfie as it rolled through Utah’s scenic Spanish Fork Canyon October 15, 2011. Continue reading “Train hits three teenagers in Utah, USA”