Excavator to Blame in Cell Phone Death, But the Battery Still Caught Fire!
We reported on an AP story yesterday about the death of a South Korean man that was supposedly caused by a cell phone, though we (and AP) later suggested that seemed a bit doubtful given the extent of the man's injuries. Nearly 20,000 of you voted in the associated poll on that story, weighing in on whether you thought the battery was to blame. The results were nearly split, with a narrow margin not believing the story. As it turns out, the phone was indeed not at fault: a co-worker who was operating an excavator has come forward and claimed responsibility.
Kwon , who is 58, indicated that he was backing up the excavator, and, upon getting out, saw 33-year-old Seo lying on the ground on fire. Kwon, scared, lied about the battery causing the accident, when in reality it was the impact from the excavator that caused the cell phone battery to rupture and catch fire -- which honestly is still a bit troubling to us. Do we now need to be worried that our cell phone battery might catch on fire anytime we run into something or drop our cell phone. Or is all the hype over the last year about exploding batteries a bit much?
LG, the company that manufactured the phone in question, saw its stock price drop five percent in the wake of the incident, but that's now on the rebound given the company is (mostly) in the clear. We're still wondering about that burning cell phone battery, though.
How about you? Are you afraid of exploding and/or flammable cell phone batteries?
From The Korea Times
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