A teenage girl has been fatally electrocuted by her mobile phone while it was charging.
Beatriz Costa Diniz was found injured by her father in the family home.
She suffered an electric shock while the device was plugged into a power socket.
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She was initially taken to a hospital about 30 minutes away.
But due to the severity of her injuries, she was later transferred to two more hospitals, one being three hours away.
It happened last Thursday (15 Jan) night
Beatriz remained hospitalised in the ICU and, after several days of treatment, passed away on Monday (19 Jan).
Well known and well liked in her hometown of Jutaí, Beatriz helped support her family by selling tapioca flatbreads on buses in Augusto Corrêa, northern Brazil.
The power company Equatorial Pará has sent a team to inspect the local electricity network but they found no evidence of fluctuations or outages on the day of the incident.
While local media report her death as an electric shock, a social media page has attributed it to injuries caused by the “explosion of a mobile phone charger”.
Local police are investigating the circumstances and are treating the death as accidental, as reported by Need To Know.
Experts warn that using a phone while it is charging increases the risk of electric shock if the charger is faulty, counterfeit, or damaged.
If a charger’s internal insulation fails, high-voltage current from the wall socket can travel to the low-voltage device in your hand, which can be fatal.
They also caution against handling a device connected to a socket with wet hands or near water.
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