Teen almost dies in phone charger accident after chain is electrocuted into his neck
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A teenager whose necklace was electrocuted by a phone charger in a freak accident 'thought he was going to die'.
Rayce Ogdahl's mum heard her boy scream from his bedroom after he was electrocuted by his own chain.
Danielle Davis, from the US, said her 16-year-old son was screaming for help in the hallway of their home on 30 April.
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She claims her son's cross necklace came into contact with an exposed prong of a plug.
Shocking photos have since shown the damage it's done to his neck.
Rayce was rushed to Integris Health Baptist Medical Center's burns unit in Oklahoma, where he was admitted to the intensive care unit.
The mum-of-six said: "It was a normal night and we'd only been asleep for around an hour when we half heard a noise then heard yelling from Rayce's room. We thought maybe he's playing a video game and getting frustrated.
"Then I heard him shout 'mom' and my son was standing in the hallway. He said 'I've been electrocuted. It was my necklace'. There were scorch necks around his neck.
"And the smell was awful. The whole house smelled like burnt hair and skins and electrical burns. We started calling 911 for an ambulance.
"He explained to us that he was in bed, rolled over to get comfortable when he heard something fall off the bed. He said he wanted to make sure his phone was still charging so his alarm would go off for school the next day.
"He said he leaned out of the bed and when he did the cross necklace around his neck made contact with the prongs from the plug in an extension cord which were just barely exposed.
"He said he was completely conscious through the whole thing and was aware he was being electrocuted. Because everything was metal, it made a complete circuit around his neck. It was like a hot coil.
"He told me his whole body hurt and he thought he was going to die."
The teenager suffered second, third and fourth degree burns and will be left scarred for life.
Danielle added: "You can see the pattern of the necklace on his neck. It's left a significant mark.
"He's got a lot of scars. They're speaking about doing a skin graft but Rayce doesn't want that unless it's medically necessary.
"It's almost his entire neck that's covered in scars. It's from his chin to his collarbone. The incident has definitely made Rayce a lot more self-aware. It was very eye-opening.
"We're just so grateful he's okay. He could've easily died that night. It was amazing he was still conscious and could still alert us. It would've been a different story.
"When it comes to your phone, there's not a text message or notification that is important enough to have your phone on your bed. Anything can happen and Rayce is proof of that.
"Pay attention to your cords and I would recommend to anybody don't use extension cords at all."
Anish Vij