Chinese social media influencer plunges 160ft. to her death during recording

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A 23-year-old Chinese woman has reportedly plunged to her death while recording herself on camera, the second person to die that way in recent weeks in China.

“Xiao Qiumei, 23, was a crane operator who shared videos of her career to a reported social media audience of 100,000 followers,” The New York Post reported. “In her final video, she is speaking into a camera in what appears to be a crane cabin when the camera suddenly switches to images of blurry equipment whizzing past the lens. Qiumei fell about 160 feet, according to reports.”

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“Eyewitnesses say that Quimei fell to the ground with her phone in her hand on Tuesday around 5:40 p.m., after most of her co-workers had left the site in the city of Quzhou, in China’s western Zhejiang Province, according to The Sun,” the New York paper wrote.

The Post noted that another social media influencer, Sofia Cheung, 32, of Hong Kong, fell to her death while trying to take a waterfall selfie for Instagram on July 10.
“Death by selfie” have been rising ever since the advent of social media.

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