Woman falls 40 ft to her death whilst ‘trying to take a selfie’

A 21-year-old woman has died after falling 40 ft whilst trying to take a selfie.

Anna Krupeynikova was on a trip to Moscow when she fell of a bridge in the city’s financial district.

According to onlookers, she leant on railings which gave way causing her to fall off the bridge.

19-year-old Anton, who witnessed the horrific incident, told The Sun: "We met [Anna] a few months ago and she'd become one of our gang. She was quiet but always cheerful and when we got to the place where she died we had been taking photographs.

"Suddenly I heard a yell and someone said, 'Anna fell down'. I thought it was a joke but then I saw the reaction of people who went and looked over the side of the bridge."

An investigation is now underway to find out if Anna’s death could have been avoided.

A new campaign called ‘Safe Selfies’ has now been launched in Russia to help prevent similar accidents from occurring in the future.

The campaign came after 10 people were killed and 100 were injured whilst taking selfies in the past year.