Rayong: Teen found dead apparently electrocuted by phone charger/extension cord

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Rayong: Teen found dead apparently electrocuted by phone charger/extension cord

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Muang Rayong police were called by a rescue foundation after a 15 year old boy was found dead outside an upstairs bedroom in a house in the downtown area.

 

The boy was lying on a phone charger that was attached to an extension cord. 

 

His distraught father said that his eldest boy had called him to come home from the mattress shop where he worked after finding his younger sibling unresponsive. 

 

The father said that he was on the verge of getting a computer table for his son because he didn't like him working on the floor. 

 

He said he had warned him about lying down with the phone charger by his body. 

 

His son had finished M3 and was about to enter the fourth grade of secondary school when the school term eventually starts. 

 

77kaoded reported that there was no sign of foul play and it appeared the boy had been electrocuted. 

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

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[OnTheGround 1,379]

Again a phone charger takes a life.

Is it a bit of tape around the cable?

 

RIP young boy.

 

Edited May 11, 2020 by OnTheGround

[Puchaiyank 14,914]

Bizarre...hard to fathom!

[samsensam 8,153]

 

basic electric infrastructure here worries me, the careless attitude many locals have to electricity really scares me.

[steven100 20,426]

this is really really sad .... the boy was only 15yrs old and probably a good boy. His brother found him and tried to arouse him however he was already dead from being electrocuted.

If he only knew it was dangerous to lay on top or right next to his charger connection this would never have happened. The family must be so distraught now, can you imagine ...

RIP YOUNG MAN.

[PETERTHEEATER 3,173]

Is it a bit of tape around the cable?

 

No, it looks like a loop of red string to me....

[mrfill 2,404]

There have been many cases of cheap fake iphone chargers causing fires or electrocuting users.

This is just another tragic example.

 

 

[Tropposurfer 1,482]

Damn sad thing
a good reason to do everything possible to ban and remove these cheap faulty chargers (I guess mostly made in China?) from Thailand. Bit difficult to do I guess but goodness me something needs doing about this! 

[Almer 1,041]

6 hours ago, OnTheGround said:

Again a phone charger takes a life.

Is it a bit of tape around the cable?

 

RIP young boy.

 

But that is on the low voltage side and wouldn't make a fly jump.

[mrfill 2,404]

32 minutes ago, Tropposurfer said:

Damn sad thing
a good reason to do everything possible to ban and remove these cheap faulty chargers (I guess mostly made in China?) from Thailand. Bit difficult to do I guess but goodness me something needs doing about this! 

I think you'll find the official chargers and all the iphones are made in China too.

Apple - making China great again eh?

[stouricks 2,533]

7 hours ago, OnTheGround said:

Again a phone charger takes a life.

Is it a bit of tape around the cable?

 

RIP young boy.

 

Not the clearest photos in the world.

[kwak250 1,203]

It's the chargers that are the problem the type you see in the 20 baht shops.

Stay away from them .

[owenm 601]

I bought a cheap couple of chargers once from a 20 bht shop, and within a day one blew up my 1200 bht powerbank which had worked faultlessly for the past 6 mths.. No warranty on the damage caused by the charger, only a replacement offered.. Both went straight into the bin, once I had disabled both.. These dirt cheap Chinese nameless chargers should be banned from sale because they are definitely unsafe.. 

 

And unfortunately too many young victims are dying in Thailand, on a too frequent basis, all because of these unsafe lethal chargers still being permitted for sale.. If no safety certification ban them all.. 

RIP this young fella.. 

[Bangkok Barry 9,120]

3 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

basic electric infrastructure here worries me, the careless attitude many locals have to electricity really scares me.

I'm not sure if I'm going to die on the roads or because of the electricity, but there's a good chance it will be one or the other in Thailand.

[lee b 2,880]

RIP. Its a sad story, kids all over need to be warned about this. It doesn't help with all the fake chargers and cables on the market.