Three friends missed a haunting detail in a selfie that might have saved their lives.
It’s not unusual for a group of friends to be so focused on getting a photo that they practically forget all else around them. Sadly, the consequences are seldom so dire as when a trio of Utah girls lost their lives in truly tragic circumstances.
Utah County sheriff Sgt Spencer Cannon would later explain how the three friends stopped to wave at engineers on the Utah Railway train, completely unaware that a Union Pacific carrier was headed in the opposite direction.
The gap between the two train was only around three to four feet, and Essa, Kelsea and Savannah were all struck. Essea and Kelsea were believed to have been killed instantly, while Savannah was rushed to hospital for life-saving treatment.
Tragically, she had sustained catastrophic brain injuries. After doctors informed her heartbroken parents that she would not recover, life support was withdrawn.
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