A sixteen-year-old in Malaysia died electrocution final week from the headphones he was carrying whereas listening to music. Reports from native information inform that the cellphone was plugged in and charging when the shock occurred; sixteen-year-old Mohd Aidi Azzhar Zahrin was discovered immobile on the ground, blood pouring from his ear.
An post-mortem confirmed the trigger dying, after figuring out there was no exterior accidents or different indicators foul performs, except for burns to his ear. According to Zahrin’s brother, who touched the charging cable after discovering his brother and receiving a small shock, the cable was most likely defective.
The make and mannequin the cellphone and headphones weren’t disclosed within the preliminary report.
In reality, this isn’t even the primary headphone-related dying in 2018. According to VICE, a “17-year-old scholar Luiza Pinheiro was equally discovered useless on the ground her house in Riacho Frio, Brazil after a ‘large electrical cost’ surged by way of her cellphone and the headphones melted in her ears.]”
A 46-year-old girl within the Indian village Kanathur, a 22-year-old man within the Indian village Pandyo, in addition to a 28-year-old Australian girl have been killed this yr from defective headphones or electrical surges.
In the case the Australian girl, the charger was discovered to be non-compliant with Australian requirements and at fault in her dying.
As for the Malaysian boy who died final week, an investigation is ongoing.