A PREGNANT teenager has been killed after being electrocuted when she tried to charge her phone after taking a bath.
Jennifer Karolayne, 17, and her unborn child both died in the tragic incident at her home in Paraiba, Brazil.
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Jennifer Karolayne and her unborn baby were killed in the horror incident Credit: Newsflash 2
The 17-year-old tried to plug her phone in after taking a shower Credit: Newsflash
Emergency services rushed to the scene in the city of Campina Grande after the victim's husband raid the alarm.
But when paramedics arrived at their home in the early hours of August 17, Jennifer was already dead.
Her husband, who has not been named, said that his wife was electrocuted after she got out of the bath and tried to put her phone on charge using an extension cord.
He said he heard an "unusually loud noise" and a scream before finding her unresponsive on the ground.
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Jennifer's husband told emergency crews he tried to help her, but also received an electric shock.
Chief Ramirison Pedro, from the Campina Grande Homicide Police Station, said that the case is being treated as an accident.
He added that the case will still be investigated, however.
Jennifer was nine months pregnant, according to her mother-in-law.
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It comes after a 14-year-old footballer was electrocuted to death after diving into a pool to get his phone back.
Emiliano Sanchez Tavitas was electrocuted when the underwater lights in a luxury resort's pool came on during his dip earlier this month.
Paramedics battled for 50 minutes to save the boy before declaring him dead due to a cardio-respiratory arrest.
At least five other swimmers also received shocks at the Dream Lagoon complex's Crystal Lagoon pool in Apodaca, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico.
Meanwhile, four people were electrocuted after their religious float hit overhead cables during a procession last month.
Another 10 people were also injured during the Muharram procession in Jharkhand's Bokaro district, India.
The group's religious float, made of iron, came in contact with a live wire carrying 11,000 volts - killing four people.
Footage showed members of the procession coming down the street when an electric shock sound was heard and a few men started falling to the ground.
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