Mother's warning after teen almost died in freak phone charger accident leaving entire neck in scars
Topics: Parenting, Health, Technology, Phones
Poppy Bilderbeck
Featured Image Credit: Kennedy
Topics: Parenting, Health, Technology, Phones
Warning: This article contains graphic images and video which some readers may find distressing.
A mom has spoken out in warning after her son was shocked with 'enough amps to kill him' and 'nearly died'.
On April 30, 2024, Danielle Davis woke up to hear her 16-year-old son Rayce Ogdahl screaming.
Davis said: "I heard him shout ‘mom’ and my son was standing in the hallway."
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Rushing to the teenager's room, the mom discovered her son with burn marks around his neck.
"He said: 'I’ve been electrocuted,'" the mom recalled.
Danielle detailed her son's explanation as to being in bed, having 'rolled over to get comfortable when he heard something fall off the bed'.
The teen's phone had been on charge 'so his alarm would go off for school the next day'.
However, when Rayce rolled over, his metal necklace came into contact with exposed progs from the charger's plug in an extension cord.
The contact caused a surge of power to go through the necklace, in turn scorching his neck.
The mom added: "Because everything was metal, it made a complete circuit around his neck."
Rayce was reportedly 'completely conscious throughout the whole thing and aware he was being electrocuted,' his entire body beginning to hurt after the voltage surged through.
"He said this all happened within a matter of seconds and he visibly saw sparks coming from his neck," the mom said. "He told me his whole body hurt and he thought he was going to die."
After hearing his screams and seeing the burns, Danielle quickly rushed him to Integris Health Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma.
Admitted to intensive care, doctors said Rayce had suffered a variety of second, third and fourth-degree burns and had been shocked with 'enough amps to kill him'.
He's since been left with scars covering 'almost his entire neck' from 'his chin to his collarbone' and 'you can see the pattern of the necklace' there too.
Danielle reflected the incident has 'definitely made Rayce a lot more self-aware'.
The mom resolved: "We're just so grateful he's OK. 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."
Warning others, she added: "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."