The horrifying moment before tourist gets sucked under a train while taking a selfie

HORRIFYING photos have captured the moment a teenage girl was sucked under a train and killed while trying to take a selfie.

ONLINE ONLY - FEE APPLIES Pic shows: The victim (white top, blue skirt) taking photos with a train. A teenage girl in China has died after being hit by a train while she posed for a selfie. The girl is said to have stood dangerously close to the tracks while she photographed herself in a springtime scenery, ignoring warnings from other tourists to stand clear of potential trains. The 19-year-old, who was unnamed in reports, can be seen in photos of the scene in Foshan, a city in South China’s Guangdong Province, as she holds out her mobile phone in front of herself to take the perfect selfie. Dressed in a white top and blue skirt, the girl was reportedly drawn to that particular stretch of rail by a sea of roses growing nearby, which also attracted hundreds of others. The victim, however, took her picture project one step further by straying too close to the railway tracks, and on more than one occasion let blaring locomotives pass near her until she was finally struck by a freight train. As can be seen from the photograph, the girl’s lifeless body was flung to one side of the tracks following the fatal accident. Reports citing witnesses said that bystanders had actively asked the girl to keep a safe distance from the tracks. But the victim ignored all warnings. Arriving paramedics are said to have pronounced the girl dead at the scene, while this latest incident may give local officials a reason to restrict visitor access to the popular scenic train tracks. Officials in Beijing have already barred visitors from a mountainous tourist spot – which also has a railway track running through it – after hundreds of unruly photographers strayed onto the tracks and caused a number of delays. While selfies may never be listed as an official cause of death, there have been an increasing number of selfie-related deaths in China in recent years, including those of victims who tried to take the perfect photo while perched atop dangerous cliffs and waterfalls. (ends) Picture: CEN/Australscope

HORRIFIED tourists have captured the moment a student was swept under a train while taking a selfie in China.

The victim, 19, was taking pictures at a popular beauty spot near the southern City of Foshan when the tragic accident happened.

Witnesses described how the teen stood too close to the tracks — ignoring warning horns from the driver as well as shouts from others nearby — in an apparent attempt to get the train in the background of her photo.

Pictures taken by other tourists seconds before the collision show the woman standing to the side of where the train would pass.

Horrified tourists witnessed the incident. Picture: CEN/Australscope

But despite not standing on the tracks, it is thought that the force of the engine passing by at speed dragged her under its wheels.

Shocked passers-by could do nothing but watch as the unnamed student was swept to her death.

Railway police are investigating the incident, which took place at the 33-acre rose gardens in the village of Liantang.

Locals told how tourists often ignored warning signs around the train tracks in order to get better pictures.

Tourists snapped photos in the aftermath of the tragedy. Picture: CEN/Australscope

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission.