Sadly, a 16-year-old girl d!ed after dropping her phone in the bathtub while talking to a friend.
Our smartphones are almost necessary in today’s digital world, even when we’re alone. A lot of people don’t know that this practice can be more dangerous than they think.
The sad incident of Italian adolescent Maria Antonietta Cutillo is a scary reminder of how dangerous this practice can be, even though it seems innocent.
Cutillo, who was from Avellino, Italy, was having a peaceful bath when something terrible happened.
Reports say that the teen was charging her phone while holding it in the bathtub at her parents’ house.
People think that the adolescent dropped the item, which caused a short circuit when it fell into the water.
Local news says that Cutillo’s family was not home when the tragedy happened.
After the teen’s friend heard that their call had been cut off, they contacted emergency personnel to the house.
The body of Cutillo was sent to the morgue at the Moscati Hospital in Avellino for an autopsy. The police in the area also looked into what happened.
According to sources, the girl’s father is well-known in the provincial capital of Irpinia because he owns a butcher shop there, MailOnline said.
Cutillo’s friend, who was with him at the moment of the tragedy, has made a moving tribute on TikTok.
She says, “You flew to heaven, my love. You left screaming my name during a video call.” That moment will always be with me.
Today was the final time we talked, the last time we laughed, and the last time we did something silly together.
When you screamed my name, I heard your voice echo in my head. I can see the scene in front of me, your big green eyes, and I can hear your laugh.
You were a great friend, but now the desk next to me will be empty, and no one will ever be you.
I miss you, my heart. I can see your picture in front of me.
It’s not often for individuals to d!e from electrocution by phone, but it does happen. There have been other times when people have d!ed after their equipment short-circuited.
The Mirror says that Wanchai Deengam, 27, from Thailand, d!ed in 2023 when he fell asleep while his phone was charging.
The outlet said that a smartwatch was plugged into the extension plug and two rice cookers and two fans were plugged into the wall socket.
After the tragedy, Police Captain Jiratchaya Yordkum from the Rat Burana Metropolitan Police Station indicated that a “short circuit might have caused his electrocution.”
The 27-year-old plugged his device into the socket without using the right adapter.
The Daily Mail also says that a French youngster d!ed in her bath in 2020 when her charged phone fell on her chest and into the water.