Girl, 13, suffers second-degree burns after 'mobile phone malfunctions'
'She came running downstairs grabbing her neck. She was in so much pain she was screaming hysterically'
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Your support makes all the difference.A 13-year-old girl has allegedly suffered from second-degree burns after her mobile phone electrocuted her while charging, it has been reported.
Jackie Fedro, from Illinois, says that her 13-year-old daughter Gabbie was relaxing in her room at home and playing with the T-Mobile LG d500 mobile phone which she had been given as a Christmas gift when the incident happened.
She told Buzzfeed News: “She came running downstairs after it [happened] grabbing her neck. She was in so much pain she was screaming hysterically.
“It’s the worst feeling in the world as a mother to watch your child scream in pain and have no idea how to help her. It took her a good five minutes before she was even able to tell us what had happened.
“She suffered painful second-degree burns and now will have a scar all the way around her neck.” The family believe that the phone, which was plugged into a wall charger, sent an electric shock from her phone and through the metal necklace she was wearing, burning her neck.
Ms Fedro says that after informing T-Mobile and LG about the alleged incident, T-Mobile sent a new mobile phone as a replacement and offered to pay for the child’s medical bills. According to Buzzfeed News, she said that LG did not respond.
The Independent has contacted T-Mobile and LG for comment.
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