Sunday, January 15, 2017

Selfie death in Moscow - teenager falls 86 floors from OKO Towers


OKO Towers in Moscow is the tallest building in Europe. An 18-year-old teenager fell to his death from the 86th floor of this building while taking a selfie - he apparently slipped and fell 86 floors on to a parked vehicle on the ground.
OKO Towers is close to a skating rink high above the Russian capital. OKO means the Eye and this is, at present,the tallest building in Europe, at a height of 354 metres.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 16 January 2017.
Apart from the selfie version, there is another version - he had a furious row with his father before running to a rooftop helicopter pad and falling off. As per the building's security, the young man had been with his father at the skating rink.
The sky-high skating rink is located in a skyscraper district known as Moscow City and, the OKO block includes offices and residential accommodation and is one of the most sought after addresses in the city.
Entry fee to the skating rink is around £40, and the ice covers an area of 420 square metres.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

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