[Timpanagos1]

Yes, it was plugged in.

[Defiant]

So she wasn’t killed by the cellphone, it was the charger.

[PGR88]

What we need is a LAW - ban all cellphone use in bathtubs.

Yes, good progressive legislators should confront this very important issue.

/s

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Seriously? My charger draws .2 amps.

The only way I see this could have happened is if she dropped the charger with an extension cord in the tub and it wasn’t plugged into a GFI. Then the extension cord did her in.

[MomwithHope]

Poor kid probably never had a real science class in school.

[ichabod1]

Poor kid. Prayers for the family.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

These days bathroom outlets are supposed to have ground fault circuit interrupters. Every time I’ve tested one of those things, perhaps two or three times, they’ve worked. The tests were unscheduled. Screwdrivers were involved.

[Blueflag]

Calling BS, right now.

5 (FIVE!) volts DC max is such a tiny charge. Plus a bath should have a GFCI outlet.

nope.nope. nope.

foul play ...

(and no, i have not read the article ...... )

[jonascord]

Another death that can be laid at the feet of the most dangerous substance on earth, Dihydrogen Monoxide.

Libs should ban the stuff...

[GraceG]

Another bleeping tag to remove from my cell phone charger cable.....

[honurider]

Simply a reflection of a quality education

[Lmo56]

Voltage doesn’t kill, amperage does. As little as 200 milli amps across the chest through the heart can do you in.

[honurider]

And on another note an example I had to deal with.

My daughters boyfriend thought and argued that it was okay to heat the home by using the gas stove and propane heaters. Believe me it took two arguments to make him understand it is stupid, even in light of the fact the many die every year from exactly that.

[MeganC]

Sad. She looks to have been a really nice little girl.

[RFEngineer]

“That was just very obvious that that’s what had happened.”

Well, no, it’s not obvious what happened. It’s unlikely that this could have happened as described in the article.

[relictele]

We want something good to come out of this as awareness of not using your cellphone in the bathroom as it is plugged in and charging

And don't walk backwards under a new moon on a Tuesday when the calendar date is an even number!

Look, I'm sorry a young life was cut short but the trend of family members virtue signaling after what can only be described as death by misadventure - or foolishness - must stop. Nobody needs to 'learn' from this since we already knew the dangers of mixing electrical current and water.

[PA Engineer]

“We want something good to come out of this as awareness of not using your cellphone in the bathroom as it is plugged in and charging.”

That's a minimum. How about every bathroom must have GFCI receptacles or GFCI breaker?

GFCI receptacles can even work without grounded outlets for old wiring.

Somewhere I read that 70% of all electrocutions could be prevented with retrofit of GFCIs in older homes that were pre-NEC.

The breakers likewise are easy to install and can cover entire wet location circuits.

Tragic and totally preventable.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Common sense lessons:
1. Teach your kids about the hazards of electricity and water. Then teach them again. And again.
2. Make sure all electrical outlets in bathrooms, kitchens, outdoors, and any other wet locations are GFCI protected. They are cheap and easy to install.

[rigelkentaurus]

I always like to make toast while in the bath myself!

[cp124]

Survival of the fittest.

[WKUHilltopper]

So where was the teaching when she was a little kid to never put electrical stuff in the sink, tub??