They were looking for a "unique" selfie and drowned

A fun family weekend outing became a tragedy when four young people are dead after trying to take a selfie at a dam in India.

Among the victims is a young woman identified as Nivedha, 20, who has a week ago he was married. Next to her died her relatives Sneha, 22, Kanniga, 20, and Santosh, 14, who was the first to fall to the water. CNN statements by the local police in the state of Tamil Nadu. It was not specified what parental relationship they had.

The 25-year-old's husband has fallen into the water, but managed to survive and saved his sister, 15.

A police officer from Krishnagiri District gave details of what happened to the US media. "They wanted to take a selfie at this place of the dam and they slipped"He said and added," The water level rose while they were there. "

The bodies were found and sent to Uthangarai Hospital.

This is not the first tragic event recorded under similar circumstances in this country. According to a study published in the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care In India, about 259 people died around the world while taking selfies between October 2011 and November 2017.

Of this figure, the Asian nation accounted for more than half of the total, with 159 dead by selfie reported since 2011.

Another "deadly selfie" and a miracle in India

Accidents during which a person takes a picture and records a video are no longer isolated incidents, but occur every day. But what happened in India in January 2018 was a miracle. While shooting a selfie video in front of the tracks of a railroad train, a 20-year-old man was hit by a train that ran at full speed.

The moment was recorded on the cell phone of the boy named Shiva, who was injured and survived the strong attack. In the footage, it was recorded when the smiling young man pointed to the train that we see in the distance, miscalculated the distance that separated it from the track and traveled it.

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