Woman hanged outside train for a selfie, only to FELL and SMASHED her head on rocks

A Russian tourist, 53, leaned out of a train to take a selfie on a famous track has died after smashing into a rock and falling off the train.

According to Daily Mirror, the woman identified as Olga Perminova was on the famed Podi Menike train, which covers a 300km-long scenic route between Colombo Fort and Badulla in Sri Lanka. 

Local police said Ms Perminova knocked against a rock, fell off the train and suffered severe injuries. 

The train, headed towards Colombo Fort, was between the Badulla and Hali Ela railway stations when the incident occurred. 

Photos of Ms Perminova right before the tragedy show her in a pink dress and hanging from the train footboard. 

Following the fall, she was given emergency treatment but reportedly died in hospital from her head injuries.

She had been travelling with a Russian tour group, and arrangements are under way to repatriate her body to Russia.

Ms Perminova was reportedly a grandmother originally from Saratov in south-western Russia, and worked for a security company in Moscow, according to British news site The Sun.