An Irish tourist is critically ill after falling from a tourist spot in Italy while taking a selfie, it has emerged.
The Irish Mirror has learned that the tourist suffered serious head injuries in the fall in the centre of Genoa in the northwest of the country over the weekend. Media reports in Italy say witnesses have told cops that the unnamed tourist was taking a photograph at the San Giuliano bathing area when the tragedy happened.
The woman, who is in her thirties, is understood to have fallen over railings onto the ground below. Medics rushed to the scene and treated her on the spot before transferring her to the San Martino Hospital in the city where she was being treated for serious trauma to her head.
