A tourist has been killed after leaning out of a train to take a selfie on a famous railway line and hitting a rock.
Grandmother Olga Perminova, 53, suffered horrific injuries after smashing her head and falling off the train, reports claim.
Photos taken moments before the tragic accident show her posing in a pink dress.
She had been travelling on the Podi Menike train, which is famed for its spectacular scenery as it passes lush tea plantations, dense forests, mountainous terrains, and picturesque landscapes.
Local reports, citing the police, said Olga died ‘after falling off the train when attempting to take a selfie while hanging from the train footboard between the Badulla and Hali Ela railway stations’.
‘The woman knocked against a rock, fell off the train and sustained severe injuries,’ they added.
The train was heading for Ella, home to the famous Nine Arches Bridge on a line that has been called one of the world’s greatest rail experiences.
Olga was given emergency treatment but died from her head injuries.
She was part of a Russian tour group in Sri Lanka.
The grandmother worked for a security company in Moscow region and was originally from Saratov.
Russian diplomats are handling the arrangements for repatriating her body following the selfie tragedy.
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