Heartstopping moment tourist, 24, slips and plunges 50ft off waterfall ‘trying to pose for perfect selfie’
The man is believed to be in critical condition after taking a nasty tumble off a waterfall in India
The man is believed to be in critical condition after taking a nasty tumble off a waterfall in India
SHOCKING footage shows an Indian man taking a nasty tumble down a 50ft waterfall after reportedly slipping while trying to take the perfect selfie.
Subrat Nag, 24, is seen losing his footing and sliding uncontrollably down a slippery slope towards the Gali Gabdar waterfall.
His friends look on helplessly as he goes off the edge in the video, filmed in the Koraput district of Odisha on Thursday.
Local TV channels ran footage of a bloodied and bandaged Nag being carried back up the hill by his friends.
He was unconscious when he was taken to Pottangi CHC before he was transferred to the Koraput medical college when his condition worsened.
Nag, who works at the Meena Bazar shopping mall, is understood to be in a critical but stable condition.
Police are investigating the horrific accident.
In another selfie calamity just two days ago, a truck driver was mauled to death by a sloth bear he got dangerously close to.
India has the highest number of selfie-related deaths in the world, according to a recent report entitled Me, Myself and My Killfie: Characterizing and Preventing Selfie Death.
It was carried out by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Indraprastha Institute of Information Delhi.
The study found 76 of the 127 reported selfie deaths in the 18 month period between March 2014 and September 2016 took place in India.
It’s such a big issue that Mumbai police has designated 15 sites as 'selfie-free points'.