Man dies in balcony plunge after ‘planking’

IS it worth life in a wheelchair to take a funny photo to impress somebody you don’t know on the internet?

Man dies in balcony plunge after ‘planking’

This is the question police in Australia have posed after a man died on Sunday after taking part in the latest craze going viral on the internet — “planking”.

Acton Beale, 20, plunged to his death after positioning himself for a picture on a balcony railing seven floors up in Brisbane after a night out drinking.

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