Teenager electrocuted while charging mobile

April 03, 2015 05:21 pm | Updated 05:21 pm IST - KADAPA:

A 17-year-old boy Moode Mahendra was electrocuted while charging his mobile phone in Eguva Thamballapalle village in Kalasapadu mandal on Friday in Kadapa District.

Mahendra suffered electric shock and was flung to the ground, resulting in a head injury, when he attempted to charge his mobile phone in a neighbour’s house in the village, police said. He succumbed to the head injury while being shifted to hospital at Kalasapadu.

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