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Clicking selfies is viral in today’s modern era.
Everyone possesses a smart phone and uses its front camera to memorize
all moments of life with a selfie. Apart from usual selfies there are
certain people who prefer to take challenging selfies that claimed their
lives. Holding selfie sticks on scary edges of mountain cliffs, top of a
60 storey building and ending up giving their lives have been
circulating in news on usual basis.
According to an estimate, since 2014 49 people have lost their lives
while attempting to photograph themselves; the average age of the
victims is 21 years old, and 75% of them are male. India has the highest
death rate comprising of 40% followed by Russia and USA. This article
will highlight some recent deaths caused by taking selfies. Have a look
at them:
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Lahore youth Usman dies after accidentally
shooting himself while taking selfie
A 22-year-old man died after being shot by himself while making a selfie
with his cellular phone in Lahore on Sunday, police said.
Muhammad Usman, a resident of Shahidra, became the first causality of
selfie craze in 2016.
The unfortunate incident took place in Kot Abdul Malik.
According to the police, Usman was making a selfie with his friend while
pointing the loaded gun towards his chest.
While posing for the camera, he accidentally pulled the trigger of his
gun. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he breathed his last.
The victim, however, was able to record his statement before police,
blaming himself for the incident. |
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Pakistani man killed by train as he tried to take
selfie
A Pakistani man has been killed after being hit by a fast-moving train
as he tried to take a selfie with it behind him, according to officials.
Jamshaid Khan, 22, an employee of the railways department, tried to take
the photograph on his phone while standing on the tracks in Rawalpindi. |
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Selfie with toy gun: Schoolboy shot by police in
Faisalabad dies
A schoolboy who was shot at and injured by police in Faisalabad Monday
for taking selfies with a toy pistol died of excessive bleeding.
Police had opened fire and injured two schoolboys who were taking
pictures with a toy pistol on Faisalabad's Susan road.
The boys, identified as Farhan, 15, and Fahad,14, were reportedly taking
pictures to post them on Facebook with a toy pistol when Faryad Husain,
the station house officer (SHO) of Peoples Colony, opened fire on them
without any warning. |
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The selfie-obsessed Romanian teen who burst into
flames after touching a live wire
In May 2015, a Romanian teenager burst into flames after accidentally
touching a live wire while attempting to take the "ultimate selfie" on
the roof of a train.
Anna Ursu,18, and a friend went to a train station in the town of Iasi
to take a "special selfie" that she intended to post on Facebook. As she
lay on top of a train and stuck one of her legs in the air, an
electrical field surrounding the overhead cables sent 27,000 volts
zapping through her body, causing her to burst into flames.
Despite the best efforts of a passer-by to save her, the 18-year-old
later died in a hospital with burns to 50 per cent of her body. |
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The tourist who plunged to her death while taking
a selfie on a landmark bridge
In 2014, a 23-year-old nursing student from Poland died while attempting
a selfie on the iconic Puente de Triana bridge in southern Spain. While
balancing on the ledge of the famous bridge, Sylwia Rajchel slipped and
fell 15 feet into the structure's concrete footings. She was revived
after going into cardiac arrest at the scene but died later in the
Hospital of Traumatology.
The harrowing accident happened on the young woman's dream vacation.
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The teen who plunged 30ft to her death after
trying to take a selfie on top of a railway bridge
A 17-year-old girl plunged 30 feet to her death as she climbed onto a
railway bridge to take a selfie. Xenia Ignatyeva was a month short of
her 18th birthday when she fell and was hit by 1,500 volts as she was
electrocuted when she tried to grab live wires.
Xenia was a keen amateur photographer, and her big passion had been
taking pictures of herself with a camera she bought at the end of 2013
after a summer job. But her life was cut short when she decided that the
top of the rail bridge in Krasnogvardeysky, in the Russian city of Saint
Petersburg, would make a great location for one of her pictures.
Police, alerted by an anonymous call saying children had been playing on
the bridge, believe the teen may have been alive for a short while after
she hit the ground.
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The 18-year-old who died attempting a group beach
birthday selfie
A young woman named Chezka Agas drowned while posing for a group selfie
after a friend's birthday celebration in the Philippines. The
18-year-old civil engineering student was overtaken by a strong wave
that struck the group as they posed in front of the famous Bangui
windmills on a beach in Barangay Masikil.
Police rushed Ms. Agas to a nearby hospital, but she was pronounced dead
upon arrival.
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The Polish couple who was killed in a cliff fall
after posing for selfies
In August 2014, a Polish couple died after falling from a cliff in
Portugal's Cabo da Roca, while apparently trying to take selfies with
their children near the edge.
The couple's children, aged 5 and 6, witnessed the fall and were set in
the care of Polish diplomats and psychologists. |
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