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Touristsare taking extreme measures for the perfect Instagram photo, despite numerous warnings and a deadly accident less than two weeks ago.
A 27-year-old woman whose identity has not been released fell to her death off the edge of a scenic cliff near Sydney, Australia, on August 17 at 11:20 a.m. She was trying to take a photo near the edge, according to numerous Australian outlets includingNews 7.
A search of thelocation tag forDiamond Head Bayshows numerous recent posts.
Bondi Beach locals acknowledged the dangerous trend on Facebook, according to the local news outlet. One user shared: “I see people climbing over it [the fence] all the time and my heart skips a beat.”
While another agreed, “This poor poor girl made a horrendous error of judgement … all in the name of a photo that could have been taken behind the fence.”
In June, theWaverley community councilagreed to install a surveillance camera system, physical barriers, multilingual signage and increase weekend ranger patrol to discourage prospective visitors to the spot.
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A 2018 study published in theJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Carereported that more than 250 people died while taking selfies from October 2011 to November 2017.
“The selfie deaths have become a major public health problem,” the study’s lead author, Agam Bansal, toldThe Washington Post.“If you’re just standing, simply taking it with a celebrity or something, that’s not harmful. But if that selfie is accompanied with risky behavior then that’s what makes the selfies dangerous.”
Recent non-deadly incidents, include Instagram influencers visiting a bright blue lake in Russia that isactually a pool of toxic wasteand a vlogger who had the octopus she was trying to eatlatch on to her face.
source: people.com
