{"id":718700,"date":"2019-10-08T10:29:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T10:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/family-of-four-drown-taking-selfie-near-reservoir\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T10:29:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T10:29:38","slug":"family-of-four-drown-taking-selfie-near-reservoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/08\/family-of-four-drown-taking-selfie-near-reservoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of four drown taking selfie near reservoir"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A newly married woman and three of her family drowned in a reservoir after trying to take a selfie, said police in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n

The dead were among a group of six who held hands and stood in waist deep water near Pambar dam before one of them slipped, pulling the others.<\/p>\n

The woman\u2019s husband was able to save his sister but the others drowned.<\/p>\n

India has the highest number of recorded selfie deaths in the world.<\/p>\n

India accounted for about half of the 259 reported fatalities between 2011 and 2017, according to a study by the US National Library of Medicine. It was followed by Russia, the US and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

In Tamil Nadu on Sunday, the young married couple, from Bargur in Krishnagiri, were visiting relatives in Uthangarai along with the bridegroom\u2019s sister, The Hindu newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

The three entered the water together with three teenage siblings when one of them, a boy aged 14, slipped and dragged his two sisters aged 18 and 19 with him, along with the newly married woman and the bridegroom\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n

The sister was pulled to safety by her brother but the other four disappeared under the water. Police said the bodies were later recovered and that post-mortem examinations would be carried out.<\/p>\n

It was the latest in a series of tragedies linked to selfies in India. Experts have warned that people are taking unnecessary risks to impress their family and friends on social media.<\/p>\n

In Haryana state in May, three teenagers taking selfies on a railway track jumped out of the way when they saw a train approaching, only to be killed by another train coming in the other direction.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the Indian state of Karnataka launched a campaign to warn people that \u201cselfies can kill\u201d after the deaths of four students.<\/p>\n

The same year, a man died in Odisha when an elephant he was taking a selfie alongside wrapped its trunk around him and crushed him.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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