An Australian woman was killed in front of her husband and two children because of a photo

Boruka observation point, which is a viewing platform suspended from the side of the cliff

An Australian woman was killed while trying to take a perfect "selfie".

Rosie Lumba, 38, fell from a height of nearly 260 feet in front of her husband and two sons, after climbing the safety barrier inside a nature reserve to take the "selfie" photo.


Lumba, from Craigieborn, was strolling with her family in the picturesque Grampians National Park in Victoria on Saturday afternoon, when she decided to take a picture at the Boruca lookout point, a viewing platform that hangs on the side of the cliff with a panoramic view of the mountains and the city below, according to News.com. »The Australian.

The Australian police previously issued many warnings to citizens about the dangers of bypassing the viewing platform, which was famous on the Instagram site as the best platform for capturing a "perfect selfie", but despite the warnings the woman crossed the security barrier of the platform and fell to her death, while her husband and their two sons were watching. Her downfall, unable to do anything to save her

It took more than 6 hours for emergency personnel to recover her body from the rugged terrain with a crane.

For her part, Australian Police Minister Lisa Neville confirmed, on Sunday, that "no picture deserves life", and urged people to search for their safety.