By AFPMore by this AuthorNew Delhi,Three teenagers were killed while taking selfies on a railway track in India, the country which researchers say has the worst record for selfie-related deaths. A fourth youth managed to jump to safety before the accident in Panipat city in the northern state of Haryana, a police officer told AFP Wednesday. "The victims were busy taking selfies and when they saw a train approaching they jumped to a second track without realising another train was coming on that," M. S. Dabas told AFP. A study last year by researchers from the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences said 259 people across the world had died while taking selfies between 2011 and 2017. The highest number of incidents and selfie deaths were reported in India followed by Russia, United States, and Pakistan, the study said.

Source: Daily Nation May 01, 2019 07:07 UTC