Woman dies in crash just seconds after posting selfie on Facebook

A woman has died in a car crash in the US mere seconds after posting selfies online and updating her Facebook status.

Woman dies in crash just seconds after posting selfie on Facebook

At 8.33am last Thursday morning Courtney Sanford wrote on her Facebook page: “The happy song makes me so HAPPY.” At 8.34am police were called to the scene of a car crash on a highway.

Ms Sanford was alone in her car when it crashed into a recycling truck and burst into flames. The other vehicle was driven off the road and its driver, 73-year-old John Wallace Thompson, walked away from the scene unharmed.

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