A
teenage girl has died after she was hit by a train as she posed for a selfie
just inches from a railway track. Horror photos show the unnamed 19-year-old
just seconds before the train hit her after ignoring warnings from other
tourists to move back. This happened in the city of Foshan, South China’s
Guangdong Province last Saturday.
The
girl was reportedly attracted to a particular stretch of rail by a sea of roses
growing nearby, which also attracted hundreds of others but she went too far by
straying too close to the railway tracks until she was finally struck by a
freight train and paramedics on arrival pronounced her dead.
Officials
have banned people from taking photographs in that railway area.
While
selfies may never be listed as an official cause of death, there have been an
increasing number of selfie-related deaths in China in recent years, including
those of victims who tried to take selfies while on top dangerous cliffs and
waterfalls.
Source:
South China Morning Post/MirrorUK
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