A mother-of-two has died after she was electrocuted while using her charging phone during a storm.
Soraida Patricia Reyes Tobias, 34, picked up her phone to read a message while it was plugged into the wall.
She was shocked and collapsed to the floor at her home.
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It happened in Vereda La Unión, south of Bogotá in Colombia last Thursday (November 21).
Concerned relatives rushed Soraida to the ESE Health Centre in Polonuevo but she arrived without any vital signs of life.
Despite doctors’ best efforts to revive her, she was pronounced dead.
Following Soraida’s death, authorities advised residents to avoid handling phones connected to the mains, especially in stormy conditions, as the combination of electrical energy and atmospheric discharges can be lethal.
Two days before Soraids’s death, 12 cows were killed by lightning at a farm in the municipality of Manatí.
The livestock, valued at around £3,800 (COP 21 million), was the family’s main source of income, as reported by Need To Know.
The farmer said the cows, mainly used for milk production, were grazing in the field when lightning struck.
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