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Man in coma after using unauthorised charger with iPhone 4
Jilin resident in hospital after receiving serious electric shock
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A Chinese man was in a coma fighting for his life on Friday after receiving a huge electric shock as he tried to charge up his iPhone with an unauthorised charger.
The case comes just days after a 23-year-old stewardess was killed as she answered her iPhone 4 while it was charging.
Wu Jian, originally from Jilin province, had been charging his iPhone 4 on July 8, holding the phone in his left hand while inserting the phone charger into an electrical outlet with his right, according to the Beijing Evening News. According to his sister, Wu suddenly fell to the floor twitching. He remained there until his sister was able to unplug the charger.
“I also felt a shock from my hand to foot [as I unplugged it],” Wu’s sister said.
Wu’s sister said that her brother was foaming from the mouth and not breathing by the time ambulances arrived. Medical staff had to pry open the fingers of Wu’s left hand open to remove the iPhone 4. He was then rushed to an emergency room in Beijing’s Haidian Hospital.
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