Man 'walks off cliff and plummets 60 feet to his death on Christmas Day while distracted by his cell

UK Daily Mail ^ | 26 December 201526DEC2015 | ZOE SZATHMARY

[Jack Hydrazine]

Emergency responders were at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, California, on Friday after a man fell over, local media reported.

Bill Bender with San Diego Lifeguards at Sunset Cliffs told NBC San Diego: 'Witnesses stated seeing someone distracted by an electronic device and he just fell over the edge.

'(He) wasn't watching where he was walking, he was looking down at the device in his hands.' He was declared dead at the scene, the television station reported.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sad and utterly preventable. RIP.

[Awgie]

I'm sure more and more young people will be injured while walking out in traffic asvthey are busily occupied gazing at their smartphones.

[Bullish]

Darwin would be in awe of this one.

[Bullish]

Must ban Candy Crush.

[BraveMan]

I read somewhere a distracted cell phone user is more dangerous than a drunk driver.

There are certainly more distracted cell phone users than drunk drivers on the roads. Ask any experienced motorcyclist.

[Jack Hydrazine]

But how many die while taking selfies with a shark that’s about to eat them?

[oldasrocks]

Sounds like a logical way to cull the herd to me.

[bikerman]

build more cliffs for the good of America.

[JEDI4S]

Comprehensive Cliff Reform bill includes new mandatory cliff detection technology on all electronic devices. Increasing the cost to consumers of all hand held devices.

The ObamaPhone people will not be affected by this massive increase in expense because THEY GET ALL THEIR SHI& FOR FREE!

[IMR 4350]

Don’t get your hopes up too high.

He’s too light in the loafers to fall. His little fairy wings will pop out and he’ll flitter off to safety.

[xp38]

They are distractions and one definitely needs to check what one is doing when using them. A while ago I got a GPS unit for the car. It distracted me so much I returned it. Safety first.

[cyclotic]

They will fnd that building new cliffs is unfeasible so instead Obama will sign an executive order repealing the law of gravity.

[JEDI4S]

Ted Cruz will build new cliffs and have Trump pay for it.

:-)

[dfwgator]

Of course the only thing to do now is to sue Apple.

[BenLurkin]

Joshua Burwell posted this photo on his Facebook page in December 2015. He died after falling off a cliff in San Diego on Christmas.

[Peet]

Well, it may seem hard-hearted but... good riddance.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Is a cell phone really that important???

DANG!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Just a matter of time before somebody gets eaten by a shark while taking a selfie.

It will be a new SyFy movie: SharkSelfieNado

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Eventually, some hunter will shoot himself while taking a selfie.

It will be a new SyFy movie: HunterShootsSelfTakingSelfieNado

[MeshugeMikey]

It could have been,.....”trump”....?