So Tragic! Woman Dies of Electric Shock After Her Phone Fell in the Bath While Charging (Photo)

 

Police are investigating the tragic death of a woman in Russia.

 

The woman identified as Anastasia Scherbinina died after her phone fell in the bath while still charging.

 

Office worker Anastasia Scherbinina, 25, who had previously worked as an aide to the local MP, was taking a bath when she was electrocuted at her home in Novosibirsk, reports say.

 

"She took a bath before going to sleep, and had her smartphone with her," said a report citing law enforcement.

 

"She died instantly." 

 

Police are understood to be investigating the circumstances of her death.

 

The tragedy follows warnings from the Russian authorities and police following a succession of deaths from electric shock by young people using phones in baths.