Schoolgirl, 12, electrocuted from her phone charger and found dead after touching a frayed cord in Thailand

A schoolgirl was tragically electrocuted from her phone charger after touching a frayed extension cord at her home in Thailand.

Rattanawadee Poontawee (12) was found dead at her home in Thailand’s Nakhon Nayok province on February 13 after grabbing the phone charger that was still plugged in.

Her grandmother, Chaweewan Poontawee (58), was in another room when she heard a loud crash “like someone was falling.”

When the elderly woman went to check, she saw a startling sight: her granddaughter was lying on the floor, shaking after touching an exposed part of the power cable connected to her phone.

Chaweewan ran to turn off the circuit breaker at the main point of the wall before looking at the boy, who had stopped moving.

The schoolgirl was tragically electrocuted while trying to charge her phone with a frayed extension cord (pictured) at her home in Thailand

She called the emergency services, but the girl died before she could be taken to a hospital.

A distraught Chaweewan said: “I did not see when it happened. I think she was shocked because she picked up the part of the thread that came off.”

Police were gathering evidence at the scene while relatives prepared for Rattatanawadee’s funeral. They do not investigate further.

Last week, a welder in Bangkok died in his bed after being electrocuted while charging his phone. He plugged his power strip directly into the outlet without using the correct adapter.

Police were gathering evidence at the scene while relatives prepared for Rattatanawadee’s funeral. They do not investigate further

Police were collecting evidence at the scene while relatives prepared for Rattatanawadee’s funeral