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A San Francisco woman visiting an Emerald Bay waterfall fell to her death July 4, Tahoe officials said. A spokesperson from the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said Ishrat Binta Azim, 25, of San Francisco, was visiting Eagle Falls on July 4. Around 2:45 p.m., Azim slipped and fell at the lower Eagle Falls. “The female was later located in a pool of water near the Vikingsholm walking path, where she was confirmed deceased,” the spokesperson said. “No foul play is suspected.” This is at least the second slip-and-fall fatality in recent years at Eagle Falls. In 2019, a young...

A British woman plunged to her death, along with her partner, while taking a selfie on a picturesque wall in Portugal, according to local authorities. Perth man Michael Kearns, 33, Louise Benson, 37, his British partner, fell 30 metres off a beach wall and were found by shocked locals early on Tuesday morning. Rui Pereira da Terra, the captain of the maritime authority in Cascais, said the two victims appeared to have lost their balance while taking a photograph overlooking Fishermen’s Beach. “Everything seems to indicate that the fall happened when they were probably trying to take a selfie,” he...

His girlfriend told police he thought the gun wasn’t loaded At least 27 people died in “selfie-related” incidents around the world last year It wasn’t the first photo the 43-year-old Concrete, Washington, resident had taken with his gun. But it would be the last. The Skagit Valley Herald reported Wednesday that the man, who officials did not name, fatally shot himself in the face while attempting to take a selfie with what he thought was an unloaded gun. The man’s girlfriend, who was with him when the gun went off, told authorities that the pair had taken several selfies with...

Pooja Kumari, a national level athlete, lost her life while taking selfie near a lake in the Sports Authority of India (SAI) academy campus in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The incident took place on Saturday at around 6:30 pm in the evening while she was returning to the campus after her regular practice session. According to the local police, Pooja was taking a selfie near the harvesting plant, beside the pond situated behind a cricket field on the SAI campus. Reports also suggested that she was accompanied by two other female athletes. A detailed investigation has been initiated regarding the incident....