When we take pictures, we want to capture a moment…something that we can cherish later. With the advent of smart phones equipped with cameras, taking ‘selfies’ has become a craze of sorts. People go to extreme lengths to take pictures of themselves in the most bizarre situations. Sadly, for some unlucky ones, some of those moments turned out to be their last. This need for increasingly putting oneself at risk to take more spectacular and risky self portraits to outdo others on social networking platforms, needs to stop immediately.

1. On April 26, 2014,Courtney Sanford (32) crashed her car and died just seconds after posting her selfie on Facebook, while listening to Pharrell Williams’ ‘Happy’. The crash into a truck proved to be fatal.

2. This 17 year old Russian girl, Xenia Ignatyeva, took a selfie from a bridge 28 feet off the ground, to impress her friends. She lost her balance and fell on a cable,that tragically electrocuted her to death.