Australian identified as victim of 'selfie' in Portugal

An Australian man and his British girlfriend have died after falling from a cliff overlooking a popular Portuguese tourist beach, apparently while trying to take a “selfie”.

The couple plunged more than 30 meters to their deaths between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Tuesday morning (local time) after falling from a beach wall in the seaside town of Ericeira, according to local media.

Local emergency services captain Rui Pereira da Terra told Portuguese news agency Lusa that a mobile phone was found resting on the wall, suggesting a fatal photographic accident.

“It appears that (the victims) were taking a 'selfie' when they dropped the phone, bent down to grab it and fell,” he was quoted as saying.

The bodies were reportedly discovered below, on Pescadores beach, by a municipal employee, then transported to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Lisbon.

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