Selfie-Related Injuries & Deaths in the United States
This is a list of serious injuries and deaths
in which one or more subjects of a selfie
were killed or injured,
either before, during or after having taken a photo of themselves,
with the accident at least in part attributed to the taking of the photo.
"Standing right by a train ahaha this is awesome!!!!"
posted Savannah on Facebook
Ricker and Kelsea Webster (twin sisters), both 15, died at the scene .
Savannah Webster, 13, remained in "extremely critical" condition Sunday night.
- A 21-year-old man was electrocuted after climbing on top of a train to take a selfie with friends and touching a wire that (contrary to the assumptions of the group) turned out to be live.
A 32-year-old woman from North Carolina
was driving when her vehicle veered across the center median, collided with a recycling truck, left the road, hit a tree, and burst into flames – moments after posting selfies online when she heard Pharrell Williams' song "Happy".
A man in Kalama, Washington, stepped out onto a railroad track to take a selfie with himself and a woman with a passing train in the background. The man misjudged which track the oncoming train was on and was struck and died at the scene.
A man from San Diego was hospitalised for five days following an attempt to take a selfie with a rattlesnake which then bit him.
A woman in Yellowstone National Park was gored by an American bison while taking a selfie. She was treated for injuries.
A 19-year-old from Houston died after trying to take an Instagram selfie while holding a loaded gun to his head. He accidentally fired the gun and shot himself in the throat.
A 43-year-old man in Concrete, Washington, accidentally shot himself in the face with a gun and died while taking a selfie. He thought the gun was unloaded.
A 15-year-old from Overland, Missouri, accidentally shot and killed himself while attempting to take a selfie at home posing with his father's gun.
A 37-year-old EMS lieutenant of the New York City Fire Department, was mountain climbing near Lake George in the Adirondack Mountains. She was on a ledge at the top of Roaring Brook Falls preparing to take a selfie when she disappeared from sight. Rescue services found her body in the water at the base of the falls.
Five passengers aboard a sightseeing helicopter drowned after a passenger allegedly tried to take a 'shoe selfie' leading to the passenger's safety tether getting caught in the emergency fuel shutoff lever.
An Israeli teen fell to his death while trying to take a selfie at Yosemite National Park.
A Californian woman fell to her death while taking selfies on the edge of a 200-foot cliff over Lake Superior at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
An Indian couple fell to their deaths from Taft Point at Yosemite National Park.
A Hong Kong tourist fell to their death from Eagle Point at the Grand Canyon.
A Fordham University student died as she fell from an off-limits clock tower.
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