German tourist dies while taking selfie in Machu Picchu

A German tourist lost his balance and died after falling down a ravine - he was taking a selfie at the ancient city of Machu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes. The 51-year-old had ignored warnings before he went to a restricted area close to a cliff.
It seems he wanted to pose for a photograph as if he was flying, by jumping in the air, but dis-balanced and fell to his death. His body was subsequently recovered by a rescue team.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 1 July 2016.

Selfie deaths are becoming more common due to the prevalence of personal mobile devices. As revealed by figures released earlier this year by Priceonomics, India was the number one location for deaths by selfie, followed by Russia and the United States.
Selfies have been the cause of at least 49 deaths around the world since 2014. In order to check the trend, the Russian Interior Ministry has published a "Safe Selfie" guide to help prevent further deaths and, in India, Mumbai has declared 16 "no-selfie zones" across the city. The most common cause of selfie death was falling from a height.

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