10-Year-Old Boy Burned After Cell Phone Explodes
POSTED: Saturday, April 30, 2005
UPDATED: 4:32 pm EDT May 1,
2005
A 10-year-old boy in Sherman Oaks, Calif., suffered first-degree burns on his leg and groin area when a cell phone exploded in his pocket, according to a Local 6 News report.
Leobarda Villalobos recently purchased a Motorola phone for her son, Yovani. At some point, the phone exploded in Yovani's pants.
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He was treated at the Grossman Burn Center.The family is trying to determine what could have gone wrong since the cell phone has not been recalled, according to the report.Motorola officials are not commenting.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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