There is no precedent for the incident that happened in Indonesia , as a family was torn apart due to a selfie.
Five members of the same family drowned in a lake in Indonesia when the pier on which they gathered to take a selfie collapsed, police announced today, while a similar incident had occurred two weeks ago.
The family, which had a total of 14 members, was located on the shores of Lake Kandy, a tourist site in western Sumatra.about:blank
“They were trying to take a selfie on the pier when the incident occurred,” said local police chief Junaid Nour, adding that the tourist site had not been monitored since it closed. A 17-year-old is among the five dead. The other members of the family survived.
Rescuers have collected the bodies and an investigation is under way, Junaid Noor added.
Earlier this month, nine Indonesians drowned when an overloaded boat capsized in an artificial lake in Java because onboard tourists wanted to take a selfie.
