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| Anna Ursu wanted to take the ‘ultimate selfie’ (Picture: CEN) |
A teenager burst into flames when she accidentally touched an electrical field while trying to take the ‘ultimate selfie’ on top of a train. MetroUk reports.
Anna Ursu, 18, went to the
train station in the northern Romanian town of Iasi in the hope of taking a
‘special’ selfie to post on Facebook.
But she accidentally touched
the electrical field of a live wire with her leg while lying on top of the
train, sending 27,000 volts through her body and causing her to burst into
flames while her friend was sent flying through the air. See the photo after cut
A passer-by attempted to save
Anna and extinguish her flaming clothes, but the 18-year-old died in hospital
with more than 50 percent burns.Her friend, 17, is recovering in hospital.
The passer-by who attempted to
save Anna said he knew the dangers and called for the girls to get down when he
saw them on top of the train.
They failed to hear him,
however, and moments later, he heard a bang – and Anna burst into flames.
MailOnline quotes a hospital
spokesman as saying that coming into contact with an electrical field can be
just as dangerous as touching a live wire
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