A freak accident inside an internet café in Wuhan Province killed an 18-year-old Chinese. Xiong Xuan, a garment factory worker, unplugged his mobile phone he was charging from a computer when he was jolted by an electric shock.
The incident happened on April 15, reported Mashable. Xiong Feng, the elder brother of the victim, witnessed the accident. He recalled that Xuan was at his usual seat at the internet café and after he was done using the computer, the teen unplugged the charging cable.
Feng said that Xuan shouted when he pulled on the cable and his foot touched the table’s steel legs. The teen started to foam at the mouth and fainted. However, Feng noted that no one among the employees of the internet café or other customers came to help his younger brother, reported Sina Weibo.
The older brother called his uncle who also works at the same factory where Xuan was employed. He came with his car which the uncle and Feng used to transport the victim, who was then unconscious, to the Panlongcheng People’s Hospital, the nearest medical facility.
However, 20 minutes after Xuan was rushed to the hospital, the doctors declared the teen dead of electrical injury.
According to Chutian News in Hubei, the license of the internet café was suspended while authorities are investigating the incident.
Mobile phone accidents are not new, whether in China or other countries. Different phone brands are known to explode when used while charging or when pressed between pillows if the owner sleeps with the phone beside the user.