Police Suspect Cell Phone Battery in Death

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Police Suspect Cell Phone Battery in Death

Unread post by Parrot » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:50 pm

Police in South Korea suspect an exploding cell phone battery may have killed a man. The man was found Wednesday morning with a melted LG phone battery in his shirt pocket. LG has refused to officially comment on the accident other than to confirm the phone in question was one of the company's products.

"He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken," Yonhap news agency quoted Kim as saying. "It is presumed that pressure caused by the explosion damaged his heart and lungs, leading to his death," it quoted him as saying.

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Unread post by Istik » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:55 pm

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Unread post by Parrot » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:35 am

Probally a telemarketer calling..

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Unread post by gelfling » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:07 am

Apparently the claim was bogus...
"Phone 'did not kill' South Korean"
A South Korean man initially thought to have been killed by an exploding mobile phone battery was in fact crushed by a quarry vehicle, police have said.

More here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 120504.stm
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Unread post by Toucan » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:33 am

wouldnt suprise me with an LG, they are shite

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