Hong Kong influencer Sofia Cheung dies while taking a selfie near waterfall

Sofia Cheung, an Instagram influencer from Hong Kong succumbed to death as she slipped at the edge of the waterfall while taking a selfie. 

The 32-year-old influencer and her three friends took a trip to Ha Pak Lai, a park popular among hikers on Saturday (July 10). Reportedly, Sofia was trying to take a selfie at the edge of the waterfall at the park’s Pineapple Mountain site, a locale popular with hikers at sunset when she apparently lost her footing and fell sixteen feet into the pool below.

Sofia's friends immediately called emergency services, but, according to a local daily, she was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. 

 

 

 

 

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Sofia Cheung’s Instagram is full of pictures of her trips and vacations. Her last picture, posted on July 9, shows her posing on the shore of the beach with a bodyboard. The caption of the picture read, “Better days are coming. They are called Saturday and Sunday.” 

 

 

 

 

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While many have expressed grief and shock in her comments section, Sofia is not the first person to die while taking a selfie. According to a report from the Sun, 330 people have died while trying to take selfies on excursions.