Selfie deaths are rising around the world
People are apparently dying to get the perfect selfie. A new study called, “Me, Myselfie and my Killfie: Characterizing and preventing selfie deaths” found 127 people died in a 29 month span through September trying to get selfies in dangerous or exotic locations.
Researchers found that a large majority of the deaths occurred in India, where 76 people died. Meanwhile, in the United States, there were eight selfie-related deaths.
The disturbing common detail behind the so-called “selfie deaths” was a fall from an elevated location like buildings or mountains.
Deaths involving both elevation and water were next, followed by fatalities involving trains, according to researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania and two colleges in India.
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