Three teenagers became tragic poster girls for Selfie Culture — after they shot a photo of their impending death! Kelsea Webster, 15 (at left), and her 13-year-old sister Savannah (at left) joined Essa Ricker, 15, in posing for pictures in Utah. This tragic photo captured the final moments of their lives, with a train bearing down on the oblivious teens!
The tragedy at Spanish Fork Canyon happened in 2011, and employees for the Union Pacific Railroad are finally speaking out about the accident in a bid to promote safety. "They were in their own little world," said John Anderson, the conductor who reported how the train's engineer repeatedly blasted the horn to warn the teens.
Savannah, meanwhile, was posting to Facebook: "Standing right by a train ahaha this is awesome!!!!" She would be the only one of the girls who didn't die on impact. Horrified railroad employees found her with a severe brain injury and multiple broken bones. She was taken to a Salt Lake City hospital, where she would die three days later.
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Kelsea and Savannah's mother, Jayna Webster, joined Union Pacific in hoping the horrible final photo would save lives in the future. "The accident that took my daughters' lives was preventable," Jayna said, "and a good illustration of how close a train can be without hearing it."
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