While taking a bath, the charging mobile phone accidentally fell into the bathtub, and the 13-year-old girl in France was unfortunately electrocuted and died

According to foreign media reports, a 13-year-old girl Célestine Decroix in Mâcon, Saône-Loire Province, France, was electrocuted and died after charging her mobile phone and falling into the bathtub while taking a bath. In her grief, the girl's mother issued an early warning message warning the teenager not to use a mobile phone in the bathroom, hoping to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again.

On November 27, when Selistine was soaking in the bathroom of a friend's house, his phone was placed on the edge of the bathtub to charge, and the phone accidentally fell into the water of the bathtub. Seliste was electrocuted and unconscious, and his friend who was in the bathroom immediately called the police.

Police rushed to the scene immediately after receiving the alarm, performed cardiac resuscitation on Selistine, and rushed to the hospital. The brain-dead Celistine was then transferred to the Brown Hospital on the outskirts of Lyon, but the 13-year-old died of her injuries on 3 December.

Despite her grief, Selistein's mother, Anne Decroix, was so vocal in the local media that she would warn: "Hopefully, this will serve as a wake-up call for other teenagers!" Because they are now holding their phones in their hands all the time, it seems that they have become a part of their body. Anna warns teenagers not to use their phones in the bathtub, because the consequences of an accident are often very sad.

In December 2019, a teenage girl in the Rhône Estuary province was also electrocuted after accidentally slipping her phone into the water while taking a bath. Such electric shocks are not uncommon in France, where about 3,000 people are electrocuted every year, according to onsey on the ONSE (National Electrical Safety Observatory), of which about 40 die from electrocution.

In addition to France, in October 2021, Santiago Otero, a 38-year-old former Spanish footballer, also accidentally fell into the water while bathing while using a charging mobile phone and was electrocuted on the spot. In March of the same year, Anastasia Scherbinina, a 25-year-old Russian woman, was using a charging mobile phone to call a friend while soaking in the bath, and after the phone slipped into the water, the woman was electrocuted, causing a short circuit in the circuit of the home, and was finally found by her 4-year-old son, but eventually died. In December 2020, Olesya Semenova, a 24-year-old Russian woman, was also electrocuted while playing with her charging mobile phone while soaking in the bath.

Using appliances in the bathroom is extremely dangerous, especially plug-in appliances, because water is a conductor of electricity and increases the risk of electric shock. So don't use appliances like cell phones, tablets, or hair dryers while soaking or showering, and remember to avoid razors, hair dryers, or hair clips when we're barefoot on the wet floor of the bathroom.

Wuhan Morning Post intern reporter Liang Xia