Documenting Selfie Deaths
In January 2015, two young men blew themselves up in the Ural Mountains while taking a selfie holding a hand grenade with the pin pulled out. The mobile phone with the selfie survived as a record.
Source: Al Jazeera
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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”
Sylwia Rajchel, 23, was on holiday in Seville, Spain, when she tried to take a photo of herself on the famous Puente de Triana bridge. But the medical student, from Lublin in eastern Poland, slipped while balancing on the ledge of the bridge and fell off in November 2014. Continue reading “Polish tourist dies after falling from bridge taking selfie”
What was supposed to be a happy birthday celebration with friends turned into a tragedy in Bangui town in Ilocos Norte, Philippines on Sunday, October 12th of 2014. Continue reading “18 year old student drowns after taking selfies at the beach”
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 14-year-old boy who had sustained serious burn injuries while attempting a selfie from the top of a stationary train died on Monday, August 11th of 2014. Continue reading “14 year old boy electrocuted on top of train”
A Polish couple have died after falling from a cliff in Portugal’s Cabo da Roca, while apparently trying to take selfies with their children on the edge of a cliff on Saturday, August 9th of 2014.
Continue reading “Polish couple fall from a cliff while taking selfies”
A Mexican man died after the gun he was taking a selfie with killed him last on August 2nd of 2014. Continue reading “Mexican man fatally shoots himself while taking a selfie”
A 14-year-old student died when she fell from the stairs on the third floor of a school building while taking a selfie in Pasig City, Philippines on Monday, June 30th of 2014. Continue reading “14 year old student dies after fall from stairs”
A teenager in Batangas, Philippines has been forced to return to hospital after being treated for accidentally shooting himself while trying to take a ‘gun selfie’ because the incident has altered his personality, his family claim. Continue reading “Boy critically wounded after accidentally shooting himself”