07-12-2017, 05:57 PM
Family of Texas teen electrocuted by cellphone says she was avid bath-taker, warns of electronics dangers
BY TERENCE CULLEN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 10:35 AM
The Texas teen tragically killed by her charging cellphone loved taking baths, her family recalled as they continue to raise awareness of the dangers of electronics near water.
Madison Coe died early Sunday when her plugged-in Samsung Edge Plus fell into the bathtub.
“It’s not uncommon for her to spend two hours to two and a half hours in the bathtub,” stepmom Felisha Owens told CBS affiliate KRQE in Lovington, N.M.
Madison, 14, lived in Lubbock, Texas, but was spending the summer with her father in Lovington.
Texas teen electrocuted while holding cellphone in a bathtub
“She was my everything,” grieving dad Logan Coe told KRQE.
Madison Coe, 14, died Sunday while in a bathtub. (FAMILY PHOTO)
Her phone was hooked up to an extension cord — a common household practice — when it dropped in the tub, her stepmom said.
“She had her phone plugged into the extension cord and it was by the bathtub and I did it, she did it, we all had sat there in the bathtub with our phones plugged in and played our games,” Owens told the news channel.
Madison’s grandmother previously said there was a burn mark on her hand from the phone.
But that might not be the case anymore. Owens said she hopes Madison’s untimely death becomes a warning for others.
Stepmom Felisha Owens said it was common for family members to plug their cellphones into an extension cord.
“The bathroom is a place for showers and personal time and your phones don’t belong in the bathroom,” Owens told KRQE. “Electricity and water do not mix. All it takes is a drop.”
More people are historically electrocuted in the home than on the job. Of 351 electrocutions between 1965 and 2006, 78% were found to be household electrocutions, according to a 2010 study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Madison played basketball and the tuba, and had just graduated middle school in Lubbock.
She was set to attend high school in Houston.
“This is such a tragedy that doesn’t need to happen to anyone else,” grandmother Donna O’Guinn told NBC affiliate KCDB in Texas a day earlier.
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BY TERENCE CULLEN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 10:35 AM
The Texas teen tragically killed by her charging cellphone loved taking baths, her family recalled as they continue to raise awareness of the dangers of electronics near water.
Madison Coe died early Sunday when her plugged-in Samsung Edge Plus fell into the bathtub.
“It’s not uncommon for her to spend two hours to two and a half hours in the bathtub,” stepmom Felisha Owens told CBS affiliate KRQE in Lovington, N.M.
Madison, 14, lived in Lubbock, Texas, but was spending the summer with her father in Lovington.
Texas teen electrocuted while holding cellphone in a bathtub
“She was my everything,” grieving dad Logan Coe told KRQE.
Madison Coe, 14, died Sunday while in a bathtub. (FAMILY PHOTO)
Her phone was hooked up to an extension cord — a common household practice — when it dropped in the tub, her stepmom said.
“She had her phone plugged into the extension cord and it was by the bathtub and I did it, she did it, we all had sat there in the bathtub with our phones plugged in and played our games,” Owens told the news channel.
Madison’s grandmother previously said there was a burn mark on her hand from the phone.
But that might not be the case anymore. Owens said she hopes Madison’s untimely death becomes a warning for others.
Stepmom Felisha Owens said it was common for family members to plug their cellphones into an extension cord.
“The bathroom is a place for showers and personal time and your phones don’t belong in the bathroom,” Owens told KRQE. “Electricity and water do not mix. All it takes is a drop.”
More people are historically electrocuted in the home than on the job. Of 351 electrocutions between 1965 and 2006, 78% were found to be household electrocutions, according to a 2010 study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Madison played basketball and the tuba, and had just graduated middle school in Lubbock.
She was set to attend high school in Houston.
“This is such a tragedy that doesn’t need to happen to anyone else,” grandmother Donna O’Guinn told NBC affiliate KCDB in Texas a day earlier.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.3320407
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