People Who Tragically Died While Trying To Take A Selfie
#1. Tourist Falls to His Death Taking a Selfie on the Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is a place of great beauty, but when a Japanese tourist tried to capture himself in the beauty with the help of a selfie stick, he fell down a series of steps and died of head injuries at the local hospital.
#2. Man Shoots Himself in the Face
In 2016, a man from Concrete, Washington fatally shot himself in the face while trying to take a selfie. The 43-year-old (whose name was not released by the police) apparently thought the gun was unloaded. He and his girlfriend had taken several selfies with the weapon that day, and each time, the man unloaded the gun before the pictures, then reloaded it after (WHY?).
#3. While Using a Selfie Stick, a Man Falls From a 100 Foot Cliff to His Death
A man being referred to as Mr. Chen, reportedly fell off a waterfall in Zhejiang, eastern China at the beginning of September. He was found with a phone and a selfie stick at the bottom of a ravine.
#4. 19 Year Old Shoots Himself in the Face While Taking a Selfie
Deleon Smith, a 19 year old father of two from Houston, Texas, accidentally shot himself in the face while posing for a selfie with a gun. His family said that he was due to begin classes at a local community college within the month.
#5. Pilot Takes Selfies Moments Before Crashing His Plane
In 2014, the 29-year-old pilot of a Cessna 150K in Colorado killed himself, and a passenger while taking selfies as he flew the plane. A GoPro camera mounted to the dash of the plane captured the pilot and his passengers taking photos and texting.
#6. Polish Tourist Falls Off a Bridge While Talking a Selfie
When Polish medical student, Sylwia Rajchel, visited Seville, Spain she tried to take a selfie on the Puente de Triana bridge just after midnight. She lost her footing and fell to her death.
#7. Three College Students are Hit by a Moving Train During Selfie Session
In Mathura, India, three college students attempted to take a "daredevil selfie" of themselves standing on the train tracks as a speeding train approached. Their plan was to jump from the tracks, but their timing was severely off and they ended up being mowed down by a train.
#8. A Student in the Philippines Falls to Her Death While Taking Selfie
A 14 year old student fell to her death in July 2014 after she lost her balance while trying to take a selfie on the staircase landing of their school in Pasig City. She fell down multiple flights of stairs, resulting in the severe cranial injuries that lead to her death.
#9. Teen Dies Competing in Selfie Olympics
On January 3, 2015, 18-year-old Oscar Reyes attempted to take a photo of himself in his mother's bathroom in order to follow up on a Spongebob Squarepants selfie he'd taken the day before. Around 2AM when he fell off her door and injured his head. He died from excessive bleeding.
#10. Russian Woman Dies In Fall While Taking a Selfie on a Moscow Bridge
A 21-year-old graduate of the Russian State University of Tourism and Services Studies, tried to take selfie on a bridge that offered an excellent view of one of the famous landmarks of the Russian capital, but fell from the bridge while taking the photo. Reportedly, the reason for her death was a broken fence on the bridge that she leaned on while taking the photo.
#11. A Polish Couple Falls to Their Death as Their Children Watch
A Polish couple visiting Cabo de Roca, Portugal crossed a safety barrier in front of a cliff in order to take the perfect vacation selfie. They lost their footing and fell off the edge of a cliff as their children, aged 5 and 6, watched as their parents fell to their death.
#12. Romanian Teen Bursts into Flames While Taking a Photo
In May 2015 Anna Ursu, a Romanian teenager, went to a train station in Iasi to take a selfie for Facebook. After lying on top of a parked train to take the photo, she kicked her leg up and the overhead cables sent 27,000 volts of electricity through her body, causing her to burst into flames. A passerby tried to save Anna's life, but the 18-year-old later died in hospital with burns to 50 percent of her body.
#13. A Woman Posts a Selfie to Facebook Moments Before Crashing Her Car
At 8:33am on April 26 2014, Courtney Sanford uploaded a selfie of herself to Facebook with the status "The Happy Song makes me so HAPPY." At 8:34 she crossed a highway median and crashed head-on into a truck.
#14. A Man Dies While Talking a Selfie on Top of a Train
A 21-year-old man from Andujar, Andalusia Spain tried to take a photo of himself on top of a parked train was electrocuted to death after he accidentally touched a high-voltage wire while snapping the picture. The 21 year old was declared dead at the scene.
#15. Puerto Rican Rapper Dies in Motorcycle Crash Immediately Following Selfie
While visiting his family in Rochester, New York a rapper by the name of Ramon Gonzalez (he performed as "Jadiel") lost control of his motorcycle and ended up in the path of an oncoming vehicle directly after posting a selfie of himself riding his motorcycle.
#16. Teen Falls from a Railway Bridge After Attempting a Selfie
Xenia Ignatyeva, a 17 year old from St. Petersburg, plunged to her death while taking a picture on a railway bridge. As she fell she tried to grab onto a live wire and was hit with 1,500 volts of electricity before falling to the ground 30 feet below.
#17. Seven People Drown in Picnic Selfie Accident
Seven young men died near Mangrul Lake in Kuhi Taluka, India while trying to take selfies on a boat. According to witnesses, some of the boys began standing on one side of the boat in order to get a better photo. When it ultimately tipped over, all seven men drowned.
#18. Two Men Blow Themselves Up While Taking Selfie
In Russia, two men died while attempting to take a selfie of themselves holding a hand grenade with the pin pulled out. The only thing that survived the blast was the mobile phone they used to take the photograph.
#19. Students Die Taking Canal Selfie
Selfie deaths in India occur much more frequently than anywhere else in the world. In 2016, three girls fell off of rocks near the Arabian Sea attempting to snap some selfies. All three girls drowned, as did a man who jumped in trying to save them. The Mumbai police later designated 15 different spots in the city where selfies would no longer be permitted.
#20. Man Falls 60 Feet When Selfie Rock Gives Way
Students Askshay Joshi, 22, and Pratik Bhatt, 20, drowned trying to take selfies in front of the Narmada canal in Surendranagar, India. "Joshi and Bhatt were taking selfies and were trying to capture the flowing water behind them. But suddenly, Joshi's leg slipped and he fell into the canal. Bhatt tried to save him, but he too fell into the water and both drowned," an investigator explained.
#21. Hiker Falls Off Hong Kong Mountain Snapping a Selfie
A hiker in Hong Kong fell almost 500 feet to his death after apparently losing his balance taking a selfie on the famous Lion Rock Hill. The mountain has no railings on the edge of the cliff, and the man moved too far out, falling off, and catching a clump of grass to hang on. Another group of hikers tried to get to him, but the man couldn't hang on and fell. Authorities pronounced him dead at the scene.
