Fatal Selfie Fever! These people died while taking a selfie photo

On 4 January 2019 an Indian student lost his life after falling off a cliff in Ireland while taking a selfie The unidentified Indian national believed to be around 20 years old was studying in a university in Dublin The student lost his balance while taking the photograph at a popular tourist attraction the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare The tragedy happened south of the main viewing area near the visitor centre There were hundreds of people enjoying the scenery and cliff walk at the time the Irish Mirror reportedEmergency services including a search helicopter were mobilised as soon as the alarm was raised A winchman from the helicopter recovered the man from the sea The victim was flown to nearby Doolin where he was formally pronounced deadWhile clicking selfies isnt normally a dangerous activity the mania for unusual and unique angles to get the perfect picture have proved fatal in some instances From rescuers trying to save selfie girl drowning to falling from Khandala valley and taking a selfie with fathers revolver are few examples of the rapidly rising number of selfie fatalities across the globe Here are some instances of selfie deaths reportedCouple diesafter falling 800 feet in Californias Yosemite National ParkIn a tragic incident an Indian couple died after they fell 800 feet in an area with steep terrain in Californias Yosemite National Park The couple identified as Vishnu Viswanath 29 and Meenakshi Moorthy 30 fell to their deaths from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park The two were identified as a married couple from India living in the United States4 drown while taking a selfie at Nagao beachIn a tragic incident on July 23 2017 four youth drowned in the sea at Nagoa Beach in Diu Reportedly the victims were sitting on top of a rock and trying to click a selfie when they were swept away by the rising waters during a high tide in theArabian sea The entireincident was caught on cameraFive rescuers drown while selfie girl lives onSelfie craze claimed five more lives but even sad was the fact that the lives lost were of five people who tried to rescue the person who fell into a reservoir while clicking a selfie on her mobile phone Five engineering students including two girls drowned in a reservoir in Warangal district of Telangana on September 17 2016 The deceased were all thirdyear engineering students in computer science at Warangals Vagdevi Engineering College They had jumped into the water to rescue Ramya Pratyusha who accidentally fell in the lake while taking a selfie While Pratyusha was saved the others drowned Representational PictureTragic 15yearold boy shoots himself while taking a selfie15yearold Ramandeep Singh died at a Ludhiana hospital after sustaining a bullet injury to his head while taking a selfie with his fathers revolver on April 30 2016 The teenager had sustained a bullet injury while taking a selfie with his mobile phone with a 32 bore revolver pointed to his head The gun went off accidentally With the bullet lodged in his head the critically injured teen was shifted to a hospital in Ludhiana The revolver belonged to Ramandeeps father Gurkirpal Singh a property dealer Representational PictureSelfie stunt proves fatal as two HSC students drown in Nashik damHSC students from Pune became the victims of selfie fever as they drowned at a dam in Nashik on February 15 2016 The duo was part of a group of 10 childhood friends who had gone on a picnic to enjoy themselves before their HSC exams which were set to begin in a few days The incident took place around 230 pm at Waldevi dam which is around 20 kilometres from Nashik and the body of the duo was fished out after three hours by the police with the help of local residentsSelfie stunt on train roof kills 14yearold boy14yearold Sahil Chandrakant Eshwarkar sustained 80 per cent burns when he accidentally touched an overhead cable while trying to click a selfie on a train parked at car shed near Nahur station in November 2015 The teenager from Kanjurmarg succumbed to the burn injuries he sustained due to electrocution According to the Kurla GRP officials Sahil a Std IX student of St Xaviers High School Kanjurmarg had gone to play football with his friends The police officer said that Sahil and his friends were clicking selfies on the train when the boy was electrocuted after accidentally touching an overhead cable He was thrown off the trainTeenager gets a 25000volt shock in an attempt to take a selfieOn January 6 2015 16yearold Ganesh Kumkumawati sustained 90 per cent burns after he accidentally touched a 25000volt overhead wire at the Jogeshwari railway yard Ganesh was trying to click a rooftop selfie when he got electrocuted Ganesh was reportedly taking a photograph of himself atop the compartment of a standing train when he accidentally touched the overhead wire which had 25000 volts of current coursing through it The boy sustained 90 burn injuries and was battling for his lifeCatch up on all the latest Crime National 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