Teen died while attempting to take a Ultimate Selfie

Update: 2015-05-15 08:55 GMT
Craze for having an ultimate selfie took away life of a teenager. A Romanian teenager died with current shock when she attempted to take the 'ultimate' photograph of herself on top of a train's roof. Going into details a Romanian teenager Anna Ursu, 18, and a friend went to a train station in the town of Iasi . Ursu was trying to take a 'special selfie' on top of the locomotive.

 As she lifted one of her legs to take the photo, she touched a live wire and  burst into flames. A man who had earlier warned both girls to keep their heads down and avoid the electric cables overhead, heard the loud bang as Ursu ignited. Eyewitness said she burst into flames following a massive explosion and she died with burns to 50 per cent of her body

Ursu’s 17-year-old friend was reportedly blown off the train by the force of the current.The survived girl told investigators that the pair had been attempting to take the “ultimate selfie” and hadn’t realised the dangers.
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