He Wanted to Take Cliffside Selfie But Did Not Know That Will Be the End of His Life

A sightseer plummeted 40 feet to his death after he slipped while snapping a cliff-side selfie at a scenic hotspot in Brazil.

The freak accident occurred on November 10 after logistics analyst Igor de Oliveira Rodrigues Dias went to Joating Beach in Rio De Janeiro to celebrate landing a dream job, O Dia reported.

“In the morning he had signed a contract with a company he wanted to work for,” said his mother Luiza Rodrigues, 60. “So he went out with a friend to have a little celebration on the beach.”

The seaside soiree turned catastrophic after the thrill-seeker decided to scale a massive rock overlooking the beach so he could take a selfie.

During the ill-fated photo-op, Dias lost his balance and ended up plunging 40 feet to the ground, where he hit his head on a rock, Newsflash reported.

Firefighters arrived shortly after that, whereupon they pronounced Dias dead at the scene and airlifted his body out of the area via helicopter.

Igor’s family was devastated over his loss. “He was an only child, he studied, he had a whole life ahead of him,” lamented Luiza Rodrigues describing her son, who notably graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and notched two post-graduate qualifications.

Igor’s bereaved father Jonas Dias, added, “He died before me, and I don’t accept that. I think that every son has to bury his father, and not the father bury his son. It was a tragedy.”

Following the tragic accident, authorities issued a PSA warning the public against snapping high-altitude glamor shots for social media clout.

“We always have to be safe, never get close to the edge of the rocks, ask someone to take a picture, if necessary,” cautioned Rio de Janeiro Fire Department spokesman Fabio Contreiras. “Always seek safety first. Don’t risk your life for likes.”

In the past 13 years, a whopping 379 people around the world have died while attempting to take a selfie, according to a 2021 study by Spain’s Elche’s Miguel Hernandez University.

India boasted the most selfie deaths with 100, followed by the United States with 39, while Brazil came in fifth.

Meanwhile, a 2020 study found that selfies gone awry — dubbed selficides — account for more deaths than shark attacks.