A TEENAGER was electrocuted after charging her phone with a frayed extension cable which touched the metal legs of her bed. The cable appears to have touched her aluminium bed frame, killing her instantly in Chaiyaphum, northeastern Thailand on Friday night. Investigating officer Police Captain Khanti Peansoongnern blamed an old power strip that had been repaired several times for causing an electric shock. He said the girl was electrocuted after she accidentally touched the metal bed frame which had come into contact with the electrical current. “The girl might have then accidentally have touched the bed's edge which is metal and she was electrocuted.

Source: New Strait Times November 04, 2019 09:33 UTC