According to CNN broadcast on the 14th (local time), Rosie Rumba (38, female) fell 80 meters below the edge of the Boroca Observation Deck in Grampians National Park in Victoria, Australia, and died.
Boroca Observation Deck is a place where you can see the superb view of the national park and is a popular tourist destination on social media (SNS) recently. There are separate safe shooting spots with railings installed to prevent accidents, but many people go out to the cliffs beyond the railings for a’life shot’.
Instagram–In fact, there are over 6500 related posts on Instagram. Among them, you can see tourists hanging from the edge of a steep cliff or even back-dumbled. Rumbado lost its center and slipped down the cliff after crossing the railing to take a selfie. Police and paramedics took control of the park and retrieved Rumba’s body within six hours.
Boroca Observation Deck, Australia. Photo source | (GettyImages)-Witnesses stated that they had heard Rumba scream but were already unable to help. A local tour guide reportedly warned him 30 minutes before Rumba’s crash, saying, “Be careful because observatory accidents occur frequently.” According to an Indian Medical Research Institute survey, he died while taking selfies around the world from 2011 to 2017. The number of people reaches 259. As social media became popular, safety accidents related to selfies occurred everywhere.
In the wake of the Rumba incident, Australian authorities urged the public to pay attention to safety signs and guidelines, adding that “no photo is more valuable than a person’s life.”
So-young Kim, reporter at Donga.com [email protected]
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