An urgent safety alert has been issued after a teenager tragically died of a massive electric shock after falling asleep on top of her mobile phone.
The victim was 17-year-old Khorn Serre Pow, a Chinese translator working for the Sing Yeon Kong Yik Gold Mining Company in Cambodia’s Krati province.
Before her death, Ms. POV had taken a shower and left her phone on charge, lying on the bed with the flashlight on.
After getting out of the shower, she is believed to have climbed onto the bed and slept on top of the phone, where she died instantly after being electrocuted by her device.
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After this incident, there has been a debate on social media regarding the safety of phone chargers.
“They should run a public awareness campaign on how to handle electricity,” said a person.
Another commented, “I see people touch the live wires on those transformer posts all the time, and unfortunate incidents like this happen quite often.”
A third said: “She had just taken a shower, so it was probably still wet when she lay on top of that multi-socket thingamajig.
“Even if it’s dry, it’s not a good idea to have one of them in bed with you. Sad.”
Sadly, this is not the first incident of someone getting electrocuted by a smartphone. In 2013, Apple investigated the death of a Chinese woman who was allegedly struck by lightning after answering a call on her iPhone while it was charging.
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And in February of this year, 18-year-old Angel Andrada was electrocuted and died after leaving the family dinner table to charge her phone in Argentina.
Last year in Brazil, a two-year-old girl, Sara Alves de Albuquerque, died after being electrocuted by a mobile phone charger.
Experts say that there is less chance of someone getting electrocuted by the charger. However, the risk increases if incompatible or substandard chargers are used, as they do not insulate correctly, resulting in fire, overheating or electric shock.
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