India ranked first in the number of people killed while trying to take a selfie (7 photos + 1 video)

Since the word “selfie” first appeared in Australia in 2002, where it is said to have been coined, the addiction to spectacular photos has killed hundreds of people.

In 49 countries, 399 people died while trying to take a selfie between 2014 and 2023. 199 of them are residents of India, another 29 people turned out to be Americans..

The deadliest selfie claimed the lives of 11 people at once: in July 2021, accident victims tried to take a photo on a tower of the historic Amber Fort in India when they were struck by lightning.



Jakarta (Indonesia) – 31-year-old Chinese woman Huang Lihong wanted to impress her friends and followers. She climbed the Indonesian volcano Ilen and fell down from a height of 70 meters. It was not possible to save the girl.



But this daring photo cost the life of 32-year-old Sophia Cheung. A woman fell to her death at a waterfall in 2022.



Nine people drowned in Indonesia in 2021 when the boat that was supposed to take them to a floating restaurant in Central Java capsized while taking a group selfie.



A particularly tragic incident occurred in 2017 in India: Taraknath Makal was traveling by rail home from a pilgrimage to Nepal. Not far from Calcutta, he leaned out of a train door to take a photo with his mobile phone, slipped and fell onto the track. Four friends (from 25 to 30) rushed after him to save him - all were hit by an oncoming train.

Well, probably everyone knows about this guy.

In 2018, the guy decided to record an epic video and to his credit, he succeeded.