Woman survives after falling out of car while filming a Snapchat video
She is very lucky to be alive!
This accident could have had a much sadder ending.
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Luckily this woman, from the UK, had luck or divine intervention on her side after she fell out of a car while driving on a highway.
The front seat passenger was hanging out the car whilst filming a SnapChat video along the #M25. She then fell out the car and into a live lane.
— Roads Policing Unit (RPU) - Surrey Police - UK (@SurreyRoadCops) September 19, 2020
It is only by luck she wasn’t seriously injured or killed.#nowords
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Police and bystanders were equally shocked to find that the woman had tumbled out of the car while she was filming a video for the social media app Snapchat.
The police force also said that they arrived on the scene after getting a call about a woman falling out of a moving car.
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Paramedics treated her injuries at the scene as she had no life-threatening injuries.
Although glad to hear that the woman survived, people took to Twitter to voice their opinions on the incident:
This individual should be named and shamed and made to pay the bills for the emergency services efforts The driver also needs naming and shaming and they should be disqualified
— Julie Ridley (@blonde999_julie) September 19, 2020
Should be made to pay for the closure of the road, made to pay the police an highways for dealing with the complete lunacy she has caused
— Joe (@JoeDavi91702356) September 19, 2020
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Ever since social media has become such an integrated part of our lives, people have been risking their lives for that ultimate selfie or video.
A global study revealed that between the year 2011 and 2017, about 259 people have died taking selfies.
The study was conducted by the US National Library of Medicine and showed that selfie deaths have actually increased over the years.
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The study was compiled by analysing news reports, searching for terms such as 'selfie deaths', 'koolfie', and 'selfie accidents'.
However, it should be noted that the actual number of selfie-related deaths could be much higher.
Hopefully, we all could learn from this: safety before selfie.
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