A 16-year-old girl fell to death from a high rise on the Sheikh Zayed Road. The accident took place as as she tried to take a selfie.
She was trying to take a selfie while standing on a chair in the balcony of her parents’ 17th-floor apartment when she lost balance and plunged to death.
Deaths caused by reckless selfies termed as ‘killfies’ as are not rare.
A 2018 study published by US National Library of Medicine found that a total of 259 selfie-related deaths were reported between 2011 and 2017.
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