PEOPLE WHO DIED WHILE TAKING A SELFIE

THE TAJ MAHAL IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MONUMENTS

IN THE WORLD AND IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR IT WAS ALL

OVER THE NEWS. A JAPANESE TOURIST LOST HIS LIFE

THERE WHILE TAKING A SELFIE. ACCORDING TO AN

EYEWITNESS, THE VICTIM WAS ON THE STEPS WHEN HE

SLIPPED AND FELL. POLICE REPORTEDLY SAID HE LOST

CONSCIOUSNESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FALL AND DIED

OF HEAD INJURIES AT THE HOSPITAL.

AN INDIAN ENGINEERING STUDENT DIED WHILE TAKING

SELFIES WITH FRIENDS AT KOLLI HILLS, NAMAKKAL,

TAMIL NADU, INDIA. THE ROCK ON WHICH HE WAS

STANDING CRACKED AND GAVE WAY, PLUNGING HIM

SIXTY FOOT TO HIS DEATH.

A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD RUSSIAN SCHOOLBOY FELL

TO HIS DEATH WHILE TRYING TO TAKE AN

“EXTREME SELFIE” ON THE ROOF OF A NINE-STORY

BUILDING. THE TEENAGER, IDENTIFIED ONLY AS

ANDREY R., CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING

IN VOLOGDA, RUSSIA, TO TAKE A SELFIE FOR HIS

COLLECTION OF PHOTOS IN DANGEROUS PLACES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS TIME HIS LUCK RAN OUT.

A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD DIED LAST SEPTEMBER AFTER

TRYING TO TAKE A SELFIE WHILE HOLDING A LOADED

PISTOL TO HIS HEAD. THE GUN WENT OFF ACCIDENTALLY

AND SHOT HIM IN THE THROAT. HE DIED AT THE SCENE.

A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD STUDENT NAMED MARIE ROCELLO

FELL TO HER DEATH IN JUNE 2014 IN MANILLA, PHILIPPINES,

AFTER SHE LOST HER BALANCE WHILE TAKING A PHOTO

OF HERSELF AND A FRIEND ON THE STAIRCASE LANDING

OF THEIR SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO DOCTORS, SHE

SUSTAINED A SHARP BLOW TO THE HEAD AND

BROKE A RIB WHICH PIERCED A KIDNEY.

A MAN REFERRED TO AS MR. CHEN REPORTEDLY FELL OFF

A WATERFALL IN ZHEJIANG, EASTERN CHINA, LAST SEPTEMBER.

HE WAS FOUND WITH A PHONE AND A SELFIE STICK AT

THE BOTTOM OF A RAVINE.

A MAN TRYING TO TAKE A SELFIE WAS GORED TO

DEATH BY A BULL IN FRONT OF A HORRIFIED CROWD.

THE THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD VICTIM WAS TAKING PART IN

THE ANNUAL BULL-RUNNING FESTIVAL IN THE TOWN OF

VILLASECA DE LA SAGRA, SPAIN.

A SINGAPOREAN MAN DIED AFTER FALLING OFF A

CLIFF AND INTO THE SEA WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE A

SELFIE ON NUSA LEMBONGAN ISLAND, OFF THE SOUTHEAST

COAST OF BALI. MOHAMED ASLAM BIN SHAHUL, TWENTY-ONE,

DIED WHILE ON VACATION WITH EIGHT OF HIS

CLOSEST FRIENDS.

A TEENAGER NAMED ANNA URSU DIED LAST MAY WHILE

TRYING TO TAKE “THE ULTIMATE SELFIE”. POSING WITH

A FRIEND ON TOP OF A TRAIN IN THE NORTH EASTERN

ROMANIAN CITY OF IAȘI, HER LEG TOUCHED A LIVE

WIRE ABOVE, SENDING AN ELECTRICAL SURGE OF UP

TO 27,000 VOLTS THROUGH HER BODY. SHE DIED

INSTANTLY AND HER FRIEND WAS HOSPITALIZED

BUT SURVIVED.