Girl, 14, dies after mobile phone electrocutes her in bathtub
A US teen has died while taking a bath after touching her mobile phone that was charging nearby.
Fourteen-year-old Texas girl Madison Coe was electrocuted on Sunday morning. It is believed she either plugged in her phone, or grabbed it while it was plugged into a charger nearby.
“There was a burn mark on her hand, the hand that would have grabbed the phone. And that was just very obvious that that’s what had happened," her emotional grandmother Donna O'Guinn told KCBD in Texas.
Maddison was remembered as a sweet and positive girl who was loved by everyone who met her.
“I call her my shining star," Ms O'Guinn said.
“She was very smart. Very good student in school. She just loved life."
The eighth grade graduate was a basketball player and the number one chair with her tuba in her school band.
Madison's grieving family hopes news of the tragedy will help educate others of the dangers of plugging in electrical appliances near water, and potentially prevent other deaths.
“This is such a tragedy that doesn’t need to happen to anyone else. And we want something good to come out of this as awareness of not using your cell phone in the bathroom as it is plugged in and charging," Ms O'Guinn said.
“It’s overwhelming to realize that there are people that we don’t even know and we’ll probably never even meet that have taken this message and shared it to protect another child or even an adult. We don’t want to lose anybody."
The teen's death came seven months after a London man was electrocuted in the bathtub by an iPhone connected to a charger.
