A phone charger stuns a teenager and burns him to death
A phone charger electrocuted a teenage boy to death, while his parents heard a loud noise coming from the bedroom, where his parents found him on the floor.
The tragic accident occurred in the Maipu region of Argentina, at the end of last month.
According to the New York Post, the incident began when 18-year-old Angel Andrada asked his parents to leave the table because his phone battery was low, but he never came back.
Moments later, his parents heard a loud noise from the bedroom and went to investigate.
Angel's father found the young man lying on the ground with burns on his body and immediately carried him to his car and took him to Diego Paroaisian Regional Hospital.
Later, the selfie-loving teenager was pronounced dead on arrival, with doctors saying he had been subjected to a fatal electric shock that caused "burns to his neck, both wrists and his right foot".
Investigators took the teen's parents' statements and examined the home's phone charger and electrical connections.
Last September, a 14-year-old girl in Brazil died in a similar tragedy after being electrocuted while using hair straighteners.
It is believed that she was killed instantly after an exposed wire touched her wet hair.
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