7 Heartbreaking Deaths While taking SELFIES
#7. The Plunge - Spain A 23-year-old nursing student from Poland
tragically died while trying to take a late night selfie on the iconic Puente de Triana
bridge in southern Spain. The young woman was attempting to balance
on the ledge of the famous bridge, when she suddenly slipped and fell 15 feet below into
the structure’s concrete beams. The woman was revived after going into cardiac arrest
at the scene, but died later in the Hospital. According to sources the woman was on her
dream vacation when the accident occurred.
#6. Last Laugh - Texas One popular new trend that goes by the name
“Selfie Game” has tragically claimed the life of young man in Houston Texas.
On January 2nd 2014 Oscar Reyes took a photo of himself hanging from a door while wearing
a Sponge Bob costume, he then uploaded it to Facebook and the photo generated over 200
likes. Friends of Oscar say that amount of likes
excited and motivated him to try and snap a picture he described to friends as “Crazy
Af (as fu*k)” . Investigators say Oscar was in his mother’s
bathroom on January 3rd around 2AM when he fell off the bathroom door and severely injured
his head causing fatal excessive bleeding. Since the death many friends and family have
shared their sadness and dismay on Facebook memorial pages.
#5. The Final Ride - New York Reggaeton fans throughout the world are mourning
the loss of Puerto Rican singer "Jadiel El Tsunami", who was killed after he lost control
of his motorcycle in Rochester, NY. According to Police, El Tsunami, whose real
name is Ramon Alberto Gonzalez, was traveling eastbound on Route 104 when he lost control
of his motorcycle and crossed over the divider slamming into a vehicle which was traveling
westbound. Shortly before the fatal accident, El Tsunami
posted several photos on Instagram, Ironically, his last photo before the accident, is a selfie
of him on his motorcycle with the caption: "En la calle en #NY" meaning "On the road
in New York" Perhaps even more ironic, is the title of
his most recent CD, a remix titled "Me Descontrolo", which in English means, "I lose control."
#4. High Voltage Selfie - Russia A 17-year-old girl plunged 30 feet to her
death as she climbed onto a railway bridge in an attempt to take a selfie. The young
girl named Xenia was an amateur photographer and her big passion had been taking selfies
with a camera she recently bought. However tragically her life was cut short
when she decided that the top of a rail bridge in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, would
make a great location for one of her pictures. The police said she wanted to take a snap
of herself at night, to give it the most dramatic effect and with the railway line as a backdrop.
But somehow the teenager lost her balance, and toppled off the side of the bridge.
As she fell, she desperately tried to grab the hanging high voltage cable and electrocuted
herself before her body dropped onto the concrete below.
#3. A Smoking Gun - Texas In a strange turn of events a 19-year-old
man is dead, after accidentally shooting himself in the neck while posing for photos with a
loaded pistol. The shooting happened at an apartment complex
located in southwest Houston Texas. Police said Deleon Smith found a gun and was taking
photos of his cousin and himself in an attempt to gain likes on social media.
Police say Smith was in the process of posting photos to facebook when the 19-year-old accidentally
shot himself and died at the scene. Detectives have since taken his cell phone as part of
their investigation.
#2. Out With A Bang - Romania A Romanian teenager was killed when she attempted
to take the “ultimate selfie”. Anna Ursu, 18, was posing with a friend atop
a train in the north-eastern Romanian city of Iasi when her exposed leg touched a live
power wire above, sending an electrical surge of up to 26,000 volts throughout her body.
The girls 17-year-old friend was reportedly blown off the train due to the strength of
the electrical current. Sadly Anna was killed from the explosion while her friend suffered
non-life threatening injuries. A concerned witness had earlier warned the
young girls to keep their heads low in order to avoid the electric cables overhead; sadly
he heard the loud bang as he witnessed Ms Ursu igniting into a ball of flames.
#1. Wrath Of The Bull - Spain Our top spot earned by someone so desperate
for social media attention that they literally put their life on the line to get the perfect
selfie. A man was killed after being gored by a bull
in a Spanish town while taking a selfie on his mobile phone. Spaniard David González
Lopez, 32, turned his back to the charging beast while attempting to film the bull running
towards him. Focusing on getting the perfect shot the man did not see a different bull
charging at him until it was too late. Traumatized witnesses watched as the man suffered fatal
injuries to his neck and thigh. A video taken of the fatal attack shows Lopez
leaving the protection of the gates and wandering into the center of the bull fighting arena
as the animals charge past. While he is busy filming a collision between
two bulls, one of which appeared to fall unconscious, a third bull runs towards him and gores him
in the back, tossing him up in the air.