A baby died due to electrocution after mother left her phone charger on the floor while still being connected to the socket

News24xx.com - This incident happened in Jahangirabad, India, an unidentified toddler died due to electrocution after putting a phone charger connected to the socket into his mouth. Quoted from News.com.au, the charger was still connected with a power outlet. After the electrocution happened, the toddler's family immediately took him to the hospital for immediate treatment. Unfortunately the toddler already died when he arrived at the hospital.

This unfortunate event began with the mother of a toddler, Razia, who charged her device's battery. After her phone battery full, Razia removed the charger from her device, and Razia left the charger from the socket.

Saw the charger cable, the toddler put it into the mouth, resulting in electrocution. Until now the family does not report Razia to the authorities or blamed her. Quoted from the Mayo Clinic, the human body is a good conductor of electricity. Contact with an electric current can be fatal because it produces heat that burns and destroys body tissues.

The mechanism of an accident due to electrocution involves cardiac arrest due to the effect of electricity on the heart, destruction of muscles, nerves, and tissues due to electrical currents that pass through the body, as well as burns due to contact with a power source.

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