Bangkok man electrocuted to death charging his phone

A young Thai man was found dead in his room in Bangkok this morning clutching a phone on charge. Police say he was electrocuted to death.

At 8am, officers at Rat Burana Police Station were informed of a death in a rented room in the Bang Mod subdistrict, Thung Khru district.

Police, doctors from Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital, and rescue workers from the Por Tek Thung Foundation travelled to the scene to investigate.

In the second of ten rooms in the two-storey cement building, police found the body of 28 year old Wanchai (surname reserved), a welder, lying on his side. Blood was dripping from his mouth and his right hand was burned, said police.

In his right hand, Wanchai was clutching a mobile phone plugged into a charger. The phone charger was plugged into an extension cable plugged into the wall.

Police found that the extension cable’s plug was broken and some of the metal…