The girl slipped between the rocks (Picture: CEN)

We’re not even surprised to learn that a university student spent hours trapped between two rocks after trying to take the perfect sunset selfie.

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After all, the selfie craze has already gotten so out of hand that major cities have declared ‘no-selfie zones’ and there are more instances of self-related deaths year-on-year than there are deaths by shark.

The student in question, who has been identified only as Sevilay K., was walking along the side of the marina as the sun set on the Atakum district of Samsun province on the north coast of Turkey.

Firefighters took two hours to free her (Picture: CEN)

She decided that she wanted to capture such a moment, and scrambled up onto the rocks to take a selfie. As she was about to take the photo, her phone went off and she dropped it. In her attempt to catch it, she slipped between the rocks and found herself wedged between them.




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The fire service was called, and two hours later she was free. She did not get the selfie, and by the time she was freed it was dark.

She also lost her phone, which we would suggest, if we were so inclined, might be some sort of cosmic indication that she should just give up on selfies.

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