A travel influencer fell to her death after slipping at the top of a waterfall while filming content for social media.
Aanvi Kamdar, 27, from Mumbai, tragically fell down a 300-foot-high gorge while filming his picturesque surroundings at the Kumbhe waterfall in Manjurne, India.
The content creator had been filming an Instagram reel with six friends when she slipped and fell down the waterfall on July 16 during the local monsoon season.
Emergency services were immediately called by his friends who witnessed the terrible accident.
First responders rushed to the spot and began efforts to rescue Kamdar. A rescuer reported, “As soon as we reached the spot, we realized that the girl had fallen almost 300 to 350 feet.”
A travel influencer died after falling from the top of a waterfall while recording content for social media
Aanvi Kamdar, 27, from Mumbai, tragically fell down a 300-foot-high gorge while filming his picturesque surroundings at the Kumbhe waterfall in Manjurne, India.
Emergency services were immediately called by his six friends who witnessed the terrible accident.
They added: “Even after reaching her, it was difficult to lift her as she was injured and it was raining heavily. That is why we decided to pull her out using a vertical pulley.”
Shantanu Kuveskar, another rescuer, described the difficult conditions: ‘She fell on a stretch of hard, slippery rocks about 300 feet into the valley and at first they could not see her.
“She was carried out on a stretcher attached to rappelling ropes. Six rescuers came down the hill, while another 50 helped her at the top of the mound.”
Kamdar was alive and responsive when she was finally pulled out of the gorge after a six-hour rescue operation.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital in Mangaon on ventilator support, but tragically succumbed to her injuries shortly after admission.
In addition to her vibrant travel content, which had earned her 300,000 followers on Instagram and featured her visits to Turkey, Azerbaijan and the Maldives, Kamdar was a chartered accountant.
She and her friends had visited the waterfall to capture its full splendor during the monsoon season.
Local officials have since issued warnings to tourists, urging them to be careful when visiting the mountainous area, particularly during the rainy season, when conditions can be especially dangerous.
The content creator had been filming an Instagram reel with six friends when she slipped and fell down the waterfall (pictured), which occurred during the local monsoon season.
Shantanu Kuveskar, a rescuer, said: “She fell into an area of hard and slippery rocks about 300 feet inside the valley and could not be seen at first. Six rescuers climbed down the hill, while 50 others helped her on the top of the mound.”
Kamdar was alive and responsive when she was finally pulled out of the gorge after a six-hour rescue operation, but tragically succumbed to her injuries shortly after admission to hospital.
In addition to her vibrant travel content, which had earned her 300,000 followers on Instagram and featured her visits to Turkey, Azerbaijan and the Maldives, Kamdar was a chartered accountant.
Local officials have since issued warnings to tourists, urging them to be careful when visiting the mountainous area.
The incident occurred when a married couple jumped from a railway bridge into a 27-metre-deep gorge to escape an oncoming train during a photo shoot.
Shocking footage shows the couple falling from the Gormaghat Bridge in Pali, Rajasthan, north-west India, at around midday on 15 July, leaving them seriously injured.
The heartbreaking moment was captured on video, showing the couple creating content for social media as the train roared in.
The couple, deeply engrossed in their photo shoot, apparently didn’t notice the train until it was just a few feet away.
In a desperate attempt to avoid the approaching locomotive, they jumped off the bridge and fell into the gorge below.