French tourist dies trying to take selfie at Thai waterfall

The 33-year-old man died on Thursday after he slipped and fell from the Na Mueang 2 waterfall on the Thai island of Koh Samui — the same spot where a Spanish tourist died in a fall in July, the AFP news agency reported.

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“His friend said he was trying to take a selfie and then he slipped and fell,” Lieutenant Phuvadol Viriyavarangkul of the island’s tourist police told AFP.

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Viriyavarangkul told the news agency that the spot is roped off and there is a sign warning tourists of the danger.

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CNN has contacted the French Foreign Ministry for comment on the incident.

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Some 259 people worldwide died while taking selfies from October 2011 to November 2017, according to a study published in India’s Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.

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According to the study, the most selfie deaths occurred in India, followed by Russia, the US and Pakistan. Most of the victims were men (about 72%) and under the age of 30.

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In October, four members of the same family drowned at a dam in India after slipping into the water while trying to take a selfie.