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Mobile phone may have killed quarry worker
Reuters ^
| November 29, 2007
Posted on 11/29/2007 8:38:39 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot
SEOUL (Reuters) - A 33-year-old South Korean quarry worker was found dead with a burning mobile phone stuck to his chest, police and the doctor who examined the man said on Thursday.
The man, who was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital, had burns on his chest, fractured ribs and internal bleeding, the doctor said.
"When he was admitted into the emergency room, the melted mobile phone was stuck to the left side of his shirt," said Kim Hoon, professor at emergency department at Chungbuk National University Hospital, who examined the victim.
"I cannot think of any other cause of his death other than his mobile phone exploding," Kim said.
Police said they are investigating that as a possible cause and whether it was triggered by a faulty battery, Yonhap news agency reported. It will take about 10 days to complete the probe into what led to the death.
"He (the victim) was found lying next to an excavator while working at a stone quarry," an official from the Cheongju Heungdeok police station, about 100 km (60 miles) southeast of Seoul, told Reuters.
Witness Kwon Young-sup told national broadcaster YTN: "He was lying on the ground and his mobile phone was still burning so I had to put the fire out."
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: donttakethecall; hangup; ouch
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Stallone on the phone.
To: 1rudeboy; Mase; expat_panama; Rusty0604; Jim 0216; xjcsa; VegasCowboy
Don’t take that call ping!
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posted on
11/29/2007 8:39:22 AM PST
by
Toddsterpatriot
(What came first, the bad math or the goldbuggery?)
To: Toddsterpatriot
Whoa, tough call (npi). Do I carry the phone in a shirt pocket or a pants pocket?
3
posted on
11/29/2007 8:42:05 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
To: Toddsterpatriot
Note to self: set phone to stun.
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posted on
11/29/2007 8:43:02 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Toddsterpatriot
"He was lying on the ground and his mobile phone was still burning so I had to put the fire out."
Did he piss on the guy?
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posted on
11/29/2007 8:56:34 AM PST
by
Deguello
To: Deguello
Adding insult to injury.
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posted on
11/29/2007 8:58:24 AM PST
by
Toddsterpatriot
(What came first, the bad math or the goldbuggery?)
To: Toddsterpatriot
Fractured ribs and internal bleeding?
Maybe someone hit him in the rib cage...causing the phone to explode somehow.
I think there's more to this...but that's because I question my own opinion first.
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posted on
11/29/2007 9:03:42 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: Sacajaweau
Maybe someone hit him in the rib cage...causing the phone to explode somehow.Exactly, if it exploded first, why would it still be stuck to his body?
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posted on
11/29/2007 9:05:12 AM PST
by
Toddsterpatriot
(What came first, the bad math or the goldbuggery?)
To: Toddsterpatriot
I thought the iWhack was intended for the Middle Eastern market, not Korea!
To: Toddsterpatriot
Poor guy.
Sounds like a case for CSI Chungbuk. (Be glad when the writer’s strike is over.)
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posted on
11/29/2007 9:12:19 AM PST
by
InABunkerUnderSF
("Gun Control" is not about the guns. "Illegal Immigration" is not about the immigration)
To: Toddsterpatriot
Need a safety lock on the “Send” button.
11
posted on
11/29/2007 9:13:29 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
To: Toddsterpatriot
I think your body would fall face down if it simply exploded.
But it sounds like he was found face up. I'm almost inclined to think the guy who found him is involved and was adding the final touches.
What happens if you pour water on a cell phone?? When a call is coming in?
Any other incidents of cell phones exploding without provocation of any sort?
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posted on
11/29/2007 9:17:39 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: All
Wonder if there a lot of bodies in that quarry.
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posted on
11/29/2007 9:19:30 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: Toddsterpatriot
My bet, what killed him, is a counterfeit battery from south of the border, or perhaps the entire phone was counterfeit.
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posted on
11/29/2007 9:32:42 AM PST
by
From One - Many
(Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk. I Will Be Voting for Mr. Duncan Hunter, fellow FReepers.)
To: shibumi
When Cthulu calls, let the machine pick up!
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posted on
11/29/2007 9:36:19 AM PST
by
Salamander
(And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
To: Toddsterpatriot
Always heard that terror cells could be dangerous.
To: Deguello
Stomped it out....causing fractured ribs and internal bleeding.
To: Toddsterpatriot
To: Sacajaweau
Maybe someone hit him in the rib cage...causing the phone to explode somehow.Someone or something.
He's in a quarry. A loose rock tumbles down off the cut and bounces into his chest, crushing his ribs, and the cell phone. The cell's battery shorts out and starts a fire.
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posted on
11/29/2007 10:17:11 AM PST
by
null and void
(No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
To: From One - Many
My bet, what killed him, is a counterfeit battery from south of the border A 33-year-old South Korean quarry worker.....
What country is south of the South Korean border?
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posted on
11/29/2007 10:19:56 AM PST
by
Toddsterpatriot
(What came first, the bad math or the goldbuggery?)
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