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In Sri Lanka, A Tourist Dies After Falling From A Train “While Hanging From The Carriage Trying To Take A Photo”
In Sri Lanka, a tourist lost her life after falling off a train while attempting to capture a picture with her head hanging out of the carriage.
Olga Perminova, 53, chose to lean out of an open door in a lethal photo opportunity when she was traveling on the renowned Podi Menike rail line.
After clinging to two rails and dangling her head from the carriage, the woman reportedly collided with a rock and sustained terrible head injuries.
The Russian tourist, who was wearing a pink outfit in her final picture, passed away in the hospital.
Perminova was traveling on the Podi Menike train, which is renowned for its breathtaking views as it travels past verdant tea plantations, thick forests, mountainous regions, and charming vistas.
However, according to a local story citing police, she unfortunately “died after falling off the train when attempting to take a selfie while hanging from the train footboard between the Badulla and Hali Ela railway stations.”
“The woman knocked against a rock, fell off the train and sustained severe injuries.”
On a line that has been dubbed one of the best rail experiences in the world, the train was traveling to Ella, the location of the well-known Nine Arches Bridge.
Despite receiving medical care, the traveler, who was a member of a Russian tour group in Sri Lanka, passed away from her head injuries.
Perminova, a grandmother from Saratov, was employed at a security firm in the Moscow area.
The logistics for her body’s repatriation in the wake of the selfie tragedy are currently being handled by Russian diplomats.
It follows a tourist who attempted to take a selfie in a Colombian beauty spot and fell to his death.
On October 19, Tobias Fischer, 35, passed away while hiking alone in the highlands of the Taganga district in northern Colombia, close to his lodging in the coastal city of Santa Maria.
He lost his balance and fell down a ravine while attempting to take a selfie at a viewpoint in the Dumbira forest with the sea in the background.
According to study from the previous year, taking selfies ought to be regarded as a “public health problem.”
Since 2008, Australian academics have examined media stories and scientific articles about injuries or fatalities caused by selfies globally.
They discovered that during the 13 years taken into consideration for the study, about 400 had been recorded.
Female tourists in their early 20s were the most likely to be victims, and the two most common causes of death were falling and drowning while snapping pictures.
With an estimated 92 million selfies taken worldwide each day, researchers said the public needs to be made aware of the risks associated with taking one. They also advised social media platforms to include software that alerts users to the risks when they are about to take a photo.
Dr. Samuel Cornell, a risk expert at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and others wrote in the paper, “The selfie-related incident phenomenon should be viewed as a public health problem that requires a public health response.”
Until recently, there hasn’t been much focus on using behavior modification techniques or sending users direct messages via applications to prevent selfie-related mishaps.
Our findings imply that while barriers, signage, and “no selfie zones” have been suggested by other research as strategies to stop selfie incidents, this may not be sufficient.
“It may be prudent to also engage in direct safety messaging to social media users.”
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