Say What?!: Nursing Student Dies Taking Selfie on Bridge

SEVILLE, Spain – It was a bridge too far for Polish nursing student Sylwia Rajchel, 23, who suffered fatal injuries when she fell from Spain’s Puente de Triana span in Seville as she attempted to take a selfie while vacationing there.

Rajchel tumbled 15 feet to the bridge’s concrete footing. Medics managed to revive her at the scene after she went into cardiac arrest, but she died soon after arriving at a local hospital. A town official called the fall “tragic” and said investigators are considering ways to improve the safety of the 19th century bridge, one of the most photographed sites in Europe.

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