A tourist has reportedly died after falling in a beautiful Colombian spot while trying to take a selfie.
Tobías Fischer, 35, died during his solo hike in the mountains in the Taganga district of northern Colombia on October 19 near where he was staying in the port city of Santa María.
He tried to take a selfie at a viewpoint in the Dumbira forest with the sea in the background when he lost his balance and fell down a ravine, local media report.
His body was discovered shortly after the fall by other hikers, who called emergency services.
Mr. Fischer was rushed to hospital, where he subsequently went into cardiac arrest as a result of the serious injuries he sustained in the fall and died. Investigators have ruled Fischer’s death an accident.
Tobías Fischer, 35, died while hiking alone in the mountains in the Taganga district of northern Colombia on October 19 near where he was staying in the port city of Santa María (pictured: Dumbira forest in the Taganga mountains where Mr. Fischer fell)
Fischer reportedly arrived in Santa Maria earlier this month to explore the nearby beaches and mountains (Taganga Mountains shown here).
‘We have been informed that the foreigner fell from a high place while walking and was quickly helped by the community, who urgently transferred him to the Taganga health post,’ a police spokesperson told local media.
Fischer reportedly arrived in Santa Maria earlier this month to explore the nearby beaches and mountains.
He had reportedly taken to social media to write about “the best experiences of his life” in Colombia in the days before his death.
Mr. Fischer’s family has been notified and is working with authorities to repatriate his body, according to reports.
This comes two days after a man was trampled to death after trying to take a selfie with an elephant.
Srikant Satre, 23, and two of his friends ventured into the Abapur forest near the central Indian town of Gadchiroli after receiving reports that an elephant had been spotted nearby.
Once they saw the elephant, the trio decided to start posing for photographs with the wild animal.
It was at that moment that the elephant charged at them and killed Mr Satre while he was trying to take a selfie with him.
The workers were in the city, located in the Indian state of Maharashtra, to carry out cable-laying work, when on October 22 they heard rumors from locals that an elephant had been sighted nearby.
According to the Indian news website NDTV, the three friends agreed to go look for the animal when they were not working on Thursday morning.