Shocking footage reveals horrifying moment beautician, 39, falls 170ft to her death from clifftop while taking photo of man on ‘viewing platform’
- Inessa Polenko, 39, tragically plunged to her death from a Black Sea point of view
- New footage shows the beautician losing her stride as she took a picture
- The video shows that she had access to an unofficial vantage point without railings
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A shocking video shows the horrific moment a beautician plunged 170ft to her death while taking a photograph of a man from a clifftop viewing platform overlooking the Black Sea.
Earlier it was reported that Russian beautician Inessa Polenko, 39, tragically fell to the beach below while taking a selfie.
In fact, the footage indicates that she took a photograph of a man against the backdrop of a spectacular sea view.
She stepped backwards and lost her footing, causing her to fall over the edge with no barriers to save her.
The horrified man – not named by police – rushed to her but it was too late.
New video footage has captured the moment Russian beautician Inessa Polenko, 39, tragically fell to the beach below while taking a selfie from a clifftop vantage point.
Seconds after the tragedy, the man she took a picture of approaches the edge of the platform before shouting for help
Earlier reports suggested that Inessa had tragically fallen to the beach below while taking a selfie
New footage reveals Inessa stepped backwards and lost her footing, causing her to fall over the edge with no barriers to save her
People are seen in the video, which emerges seconds later, running toward her motionless body on the shore 170 feet below.
She was rushed to hospital in scenic Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia now under Russian rule.
Reports said doctors fought for her life, but she died in intensive care the same day.
Her funeral took place on Tuesday.
The video shows that the tragic woman – an avid Instagrammer with 9,000 followers – was not on the official viewing platform, which has safety railings, at the Gagry viewpoint.
Instead, she was on a structure from a disused building structure next to the viewing platform, which juts out over the edge of the cliff and has become an unofficial vantage point for photography enthusiasts.
Many have risked their lives here despite the appalling danger.
Commenter Amirkhan Karikh wrote: ‘How much talk there has been about this place. So many warnings.
‘Useless. 15 years ago a woman also almost fell, she was lucky.
‘This building has existed since Soviet times. It must be separated’.
Another Irina Shahova explained: ‘This is a protruding beam, something that has been unfinished for a long time.
“It is fenced off and there is a sign stating that it is forbidden to enter it.
‘It is dangerous for life.
‘But people climb over the fence to take a beautiful picture over the cliff and risk their lives!
‘It’s high up there and your head can start to spin…
‘The poor woman has tripped…You just don’t have to climb where you don’t have to climb.’
Inessa had posted photos from Dubai, Egypt and Russian-occupied Crimea, which is legally part of Ukraine.
People are seen in the video emerging seconds after the tragic accident running towards Inessa’s motionless body on the shore 170 feet below
Inessa had recently posted photos from her travels, including to Dubai, Egypt and Russian-occupied Crimea, which is legally part of Ukraine
An investigation is underway in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia, into the circumstances surrounding her death
The popular beautician had clients mainly in Moscow and the large Russian resort of Sochi, where she lived.
An investigation is underway in the breakout region into the circumstances surrounding her death.