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Dangers are lurking just about everywhere. Jackie Fedro is warning people about the charger on your cell phone.
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Her 13-year-old daughter, Gabbie, got second-degree burns early last year on her neck when talking on her cell phone.
Her phone was an LGd500 model, and she had the phone connected to the charger while she was talking.
According to reports, Gabbie was also wearing a metal necklace.
The electric current from the wall traveled through the cord, through her phone and headed right for her necklace.
Jackie said Gabbie was screaming and holding her neck when she came running downstairs right after it happened.
A representative from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Scott Wolfson, stated that most of the time these accidents are caused by an overheated lithium battery in the phone.
Wolfson added that a third-party or ‘knock-off’ vendor charger or battery only increases the risk of an injury.
However, it is important to note that these accidents are quite rare.
Jackie insisted that Gabbie’s phone and equipment was all original and new.
Their cell phone carrier, T-mobile, offered to pay Gabbie’s medical bills.
They also offered to test the phone and give her a new one.
LG did not respond to inquiries at the time.
Please share this with your friends.
Try not to use your cell phones while they are charging.
One Australian woman was killed in 2014 when she was talking on the phone and wearing headphones – her phone was plugged into a wall socket while she was talking. Share people.