Do Not Use Your Phone While It Is Charging. You've Been Warned.

By Suzanne in Bizarre On 25th February 2016
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#1 Do you use your smartphone while it is charging?

Think twice before you do that.

#2 A 13-year-old girl, Gabbie Fedro suffered second-degree burns while using her cellphone as it was charging.

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#3 Gabbie was using her new phone while it was plugged into a wall charger.

Gabbie said that she was shocked by an electric current, which traveled through her necklace and burnt her neck.

#4 She suffered painful second-degree burns and now will have a scar all the way around her neck.

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#5 There have been a couple of incidents in the past few years where cell phones have been blamed for causing electric shock injuries.

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#6 In 2010, a toddler in Colorado suffered third-degree burns.

She was apparently shocked by putting an Apple USB cable in her mouth. The cable was plugged into a laptop at the time.

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#7 A faulty USB charger was also blamed for the death of a woman in Australia in 2014.

The woman has reportedly been electrocuted while talking on the phone. The charger was a knock-off.

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#8 A 23-year-old Chinese woman was also allegedly died from an electric shock while using a faulty charger.