A 24-year-old Russian woman fell into the water while bathing her charging iPhone, a report said.
The lifeless body of Olesya Semenova was found by her roommate at her apartment in Arkhangelsk, East 2 West News reported.
“I screamed, shook her, but she was pale, not breathing and showing no signs of life,” Daria told the emergency operator. “I was really scared. When I touched it, I felt an electric shock. “
She added that she found Semenova’s iPhone 8 in the water – which is still charging.
Paramedics have confirmed that Semenova – who worked in a clothing store – died when the phone fell into a tub while plugging in an outlet.
Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said in a warning after the incident that there had been a number of such large-scale casualties in the country, adding that the tragedy was once again a reminder that mains and electrical appliances connected to water were incompatible.
“The same applies to any mobile device. If you sink a smartphone, the worst thing is its failure, ”he added. “But when it connects to the network, we’re seeing results.”
In August Gust, a 15-year-old schoolgirl named Anna K died in Moscow after suffering an electric shock in her bath.
Last year, famous poker star Lilia Novikova was also electrocuted in her bathroom.
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