13 tragic deaths caused after taking a selfie (With Photos)

11. Sylwia Raichel

via thenypost

Sylwia Raichel was a Polish tourist, visiting Seville, Spain, who accidentally died trying to capture a selfie of herself atop a bridge. Sylwia had been taking in the site of Puente de Triana bridge, when she paused on the structure to take selfies of herself. Tragedy struck when the medical student stumbled, falling from the bridge and crashing 15 ft into the concrete footings below. Sylwia, who was 23 years old, was said to have been balancing on the ledge of the bridge when she lost her balance. Sylwia had been in her third year of studying nursing in a Polish University when she decided to visit Spain. After the terrible accident occurred a city spokesperson stated that: “This was a tragic accident and we are looking to make that stretch of boulevard along the river safer.”