{"id":2961,"date":"2026-01-10T14:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/?p=2961"},"modified":"2026-01-10T14:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:25:01","slug":"selfie-taken-before-3-friends-died-showed-harrowing-detail-they-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/?p=2961","title":{"rendered":"Selfie taken before 3 friends died showed harrowing detail they missed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three friends missed a haunting detail in a selfie that might have saved their lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not unusual for a group of friends to be so focused on getting a photo that they practically forget all else around them. Sadly, the consequences are seldom so dire as when a trio of Utah girls lost their lives in truly tragic circumstances.<\/p>\n

The incident, which rocked a local community, took place back in 2011, when teens Essa Ricker, Kelsea Webster, and Kelsea\u2019s younger sister Savannah, ventured past the Covered Bridge Canyon crossing, a few minutes away from Spanish Fork.<\/p>\n

Utah County sheriff Sgt Spencer Cannon would later explain how the three friends stopped to wave at engineers on the Utah Railway train, completely unaware that a Union Pacific carrier was headed in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

The gap between the two train was only around three to four feet, and Essa, Kelsea and Savannah were all struck. Essea and Kelsea were believed to have been killed instantly, while Savannah was rushed to hospital for life-saving treatment.<\/p>\n

Tragically, she had sustained catastrophic brain injuries. After doctors informed her heartbroken parents that she would not recover, life support was withdrawn.<\/p>\n

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Stock photo of freight train. Credit \/ Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe spoke to the doctors today and they informed us that Savvy\u2019s brain injuries were too great,\u201d Jayna Webster, mom of Savannah and Kelsea, explained at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though they\u2019ve had done everything possible, Savannah will not be able to recover any further. We will keep her on life support till the end of the day, but it\u2019s time to say goodbye, for now, to an angel that walked among us.\u201d<\/p>\n

An eerie selfie taken just moments before the trio were struck by the train was uploaded to Facebook by Savannah.<\/p>\n

\u201cStanding right by a train ahaha this is awesome!!!!\u201d the teen wrote.<\/p>\n

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Credit \/ Savannah Webster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even more disturbing, the photo in question shows a train approaching, its bright yellow lights burning fiercely. Sadly, it\u2019s believed the girls failed to hear the train\u2019s horn blasting.<\/p>\n

John Anderson, a train conductor working at the time, said: \u201cThey were in their own little world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe watched in horror as we got closer,\u201d John added. \u201cWe saw them for about 12 seconds until they disappeared from our sight and the train continued moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the train came to a stop, John jumped down onto the tracks and immediately ran to the girls. He soon realized that the first two girls he reached had no pulse.<\/p>\n

Savannah was alive, though gravely injured.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told her everything would be OK and she relaxed a little,\u201d the conductor recalled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three friends missed a haunting detail in a selfie that might have saved their lives. It\u2019s not unusual<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2963,"href":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961\/revisions\/2963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zamefaris.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}