Girl electrocuted with headphones melting in ears while using mobile phone in Brazil

In a shocking and scary case, a student was electrocuted while playing on her phone as it charged, leaving her with the headphones 'melted in her ears'.

17-year-old Luiza Pinheiro, from Riacho Frio in Brazil, was rushed to hospital on Sunday but doctors were unable to revive her. Her lifeless body was found on the floor by a relative at about 5pm, the Mirror reported.

A 'huge electric charge' had destroyed her phone, which was plugged into a charger.

A hospital spokesperson, talking to the media, said, “The girl's grandmother told the doctor that they found her granddaughter unconscious, lying on the floor and with headphones in her ears.”

The spokesperson added that the family believed that the young woman had an electric shock because the cell phone was charging and the phone was melted.

He added: 'It is stated in the medical record that the girl was admitted to the hospital one hour after the electric shock.

'The relatives said that the girl had received a shock, but the causes of death will still be confirmed.'

He went on to add that it was not raining at the time but there was a lightning storm. It is not clear exactly how the teenager was electrocuted and the cause of the shock is still under investigation.