Russian woman is electrocuted after dropping her iPhone in the bath while it was charging

  • Olesya Semenova, 24, was found by her flatmate at their home in Arkhangelsk 
  • Friend Daria said: 'I screamed, shook her, but she was pale and did not breathe' 
  • Paramedics confirmed that Ms Semenova died after iPhone 8 fell in the water 

By WILL STEWART FOR MAILONLINE

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A woman was electrocuted after suffering a massive electric shock when her charging iPhone fell in her bath.

Olesya Semenova, 24, was found by her flatmate at their home in Russian city Arkhangelsk.

'I screamed, shook her, but she was pale, did not breathe and showed no signs of life,' distraught friend named Daria, an estate agent, told the emergency operator.

'I was really scared. When I touched her, I got an electric shock.

'There was a smartphone in the water, it was charging.'

Olesya Semenova (pictured), 24, was found by her flatmate at their home in Russian city Arkhangelsk
'I screamed, shook her, but she was pale, did not breathe and showed no signs of life,' distraught friend named Daria, an estate agent, told the emergency operator

Olesya Semenova (pictured left and right), 24, was found by her flatmate at their home in Russian city Arkhangelsk. 'I screamed, shook her, but she was pale, did not breathe and showed no signs of life,' distraught friend named Daria, an estate agent, told the emergency operator

Paramedics confirmed that Ms Semenova - who worked in a clothes shop - had died in the bath and that her iPhone 8 had fallen into the water when plugged into the mains.

A selfie video from a year ago shows her in her bath.

The Russian emergencies ministry issued a warning after the tragedy, the latest of a number of such fatalities in the country.

'The tragedy once again reminds us that water and an electrical appliance connected to the mains are incompatible.

'The same applies to any mobile device.

Paramedics confirmed that Ms Semenova (pictured) - who worked in a clothes shop - had died in the bath and that her iPhone 8 had fallen into the water when plugged into the mains

Paramedics confirmed that Ms Semenova (pictured) - who worked in a clothes shop - had died in the bath and that her iPhone 8 had fallen into the water when plugged into the mains

The Russian emergencies ministry issued a warning after the tragedy, the latest of a number of such fatalities in the country. Pictured: The apartment building where the electrocution happened

The Russian emergencies ministry issued a warning after the tragedy, the latest of a number of such fatalities in the country. Pictured: The apartment building where the electrocution happened

'If you drown a smartphone, the worst thing is its failure.

'But when it is connected to the network, we see what the consequences are.'

In August, a Russian schoolgirl Anna K, 15, died in Moscow after sustaining an electric shock in her bath.

Last year Liliya Novikova, 26, an internationally recognised poker star, was electrocuted last year in her bathroom.

The mathematics whiz had a first class degree in engineering from a top Russian university and was home alone when she died.  

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