Olga Perminova, a 53-year-old Russian tourist, reportedly died in Sri Lanka after attempting to take a photo of herself on the footboard of a train, hitting a rock and falling off the train.

A 35-year-old female tourist from China is in critical condition after leaning her body out of a moving train to pose for pictures in Sri Lanka, the latest casualty of a dangerous social media trend.

A tourist is in a critical condition after leaning out of a moving train to pose for pictures in Sri Lanka, the latest casualty of a dangerous social media trend. The tourist, a 35-year-old woman ...

died after leaning out of a train carriage in Sri Lanka to pose for photos. Ms Olga Perminova was riding the Podi Menike train, which covers a 300km scenic route between Colombo Fort and Badulla.

Sri Lanka's Ocean Queen Express became a symbol of the biggest natural disaster to hit the South Asian nation in living memory, when the train was struck by the giant waves of Dec. 26, 2004.