Romanian girl bursts into flames while taking dangerous selfie

Posted by: b3rrilyn in News May 14, 2015

A Romanian lady named Anna Ursu 18 has passed on after attempting to take a ‘special selfie’. Anna and a friend went to a train station in the town of Iasi in the northeast of the country to take the selfie that she intended to post on Facebook.

But as she lay on top of the train and stuck one of her legs in the air, an electrical field surrounding the overhead cables sent 27,000 volts zapping through her body, causing her to burst into flames. Despite the best efforts of a passer-by to save her life, the 18-year-old later died in hospital with burns to 50 per cent of her body.

The charge that hit Miss Ursu was so powerful that it caused her 17-year-old friend to be sent flying off the roof of the stationary train. A passer-by who saw the horrific accident risked his own life by scrambling on top of the carriage to extinguish the girl’s burning clothes before phoning the emergency services.

Both teenagers were airlifted to hospital but the 18-year-old later died as a result of 50 per cent of her body being covered in burns. If this is not a case of aseju a.k.a oversabi then tell me what is. Anyway may her soul rest in peace.