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A woman fell to her death while taking selfies on the edge of a 200-foot cliff over Lake Superior at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. [202] 12 October 2018 Panama: 1 0 Fall A Portuguese woman fell to her death while taking a selfie on the 27th floor balcony of a residential building. [203] 25 October 2018 United States: 2 0 Fall
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 ...
Non-fatal injuries and non-selfie type of photography-related deaths were excluded from the study. From 2014 to mid-2016, 75 people have died while attempting selfie in 52 incidents worldwide. Mean age of the victims was 23.3 and 82% were male. India is the most affected country and Russia and US being second.
Deanne was pulled from the river just 20 feet (6.1 m) from the brink of the falls, but Roger and Honeycutt were taken over the falls. [ 13][ 34] Roger, who was wearing a lifejacket and remained buoyant, was rescued by the Maid of the Mist at the bottom of the falls; Honeycutt died. [ 34] James Honeycutt. Fatality.
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 ...
The women's phones showed that around six hours into their hike someone dialed 112 (international emergency number in use in Panama among others) and 9-1-1 (the national emergency number in Panama). [ 15 ] [ 18 ] The first distress call attempt was made by Kremers' iPhone 4 at 16:39 (4:39 pm); shortly after that, another attempt was made from ...
The bodies of four women began appearing in wooded areas in northwest Oregon in February, though police initially said the cases appeared to be unconnected. The state medical examiner has not ...