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1. Electrocution. In Rijeka, two men climbed onto a container on a train where they wanted to take a selfie. A 20-year-old was killed and his 19-year-old friend was in serious condition, with second and third degree burns on more than 70 percent of his body as a result of an electric shock of 25,000 volts.
Incidents of selfie-related deaths have spiked with the proliferation of smartphones to capture the perfect snapshot for social media posts. Reports of tragic deaths, especially those involving ...
Human beings in the year 2016 enjoy taking photographs of themselves -- but what happens when selfie-snapping crosses the line from nuisance to dangerous? Death by selfie: New study analyzes the ...
A 66-year-old Japanese tourist died earlier this week when he fell while trying to take a selfie at the Taj Mahal. His death raises the grand total to 12 selfie deaths just in this past year ...
Known for. Suicide on Facebook livestream. Ronnie McNutt (May 23, 1987 – August 31, 2020) was a 33-year-old American man and US Army Reserve veteran from New Albany, Mississippi, who committed suicide by shooting himself under his chin on a Facebook livestream, which went viral on various social media platforms due to its inherent shock value .
Murder of Tristyn Bailey. The murder of Tristyn Bailey was an American murder case ocurred on May 9, 2021 ( Mother's Day) in St. Johns County, Florida. Bailey, a 13-year-old middle schooler and cheerleader, was murdered by 14-year-old Aiden Fucci, a classmate. Bailey was reported missing by her family that morning; Bailey's body was found later ...
Man in kayak attacked by walrus (c. 1895), Popular Science Monthly Volume 46. Walrus attacks are attacks inflicted upon humans, other walruses and other animals by the walrus. They have been documented in the Arctic by the Inuit and by European explorers, both on land and at sea. The Greenland Inuit refer to the red walrus as saanniartoq, "the ...
Teen thrill-seeker dies when photo pose goes wrong. A 17-year-old photo daredevil died when he accidentally fell from the roof of a nine-story building while posing for a thrilling picture. The ...