Woman taking selfie seriously injured in 60-ft fall off Foresthill Bridge in Placer County, California
Woman falls off California's highest bridge while taking selfie
The woman had to be airlifted to a nearby hospital. Paul Goncharuk, a friend, told CNN affiliate KOVR that "she was knocked unconscious, suffered a deep gash to her arm and fractured bones that will require surgery." Goncharuk, who told KOVR that he was there, also confirmed the police information, telling the affiliate that "they were taking a picture on the bridge, and then the big bolts that are holding the beams together, she stepped on them kind of weirdly and lost balance and fell backwards."
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