Warning: Don’t Carry Cell Phone In Pocket

Although the phone manufacturer LG says it ain’t so, South Korean police are saying that a man was recently killed when battery on the cell phone he carried in his pocket exploded.  Yowch, what a way to go.  Yahoo! News carried the story today, and the police and the examining doctor offered this:

“We presume that the cell phone battery exploded,” the police official said, refusing to divulge his name at this time, citing the ongoing investigation.

“He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken,” Yonhap news agency quoted Kim Hoon, the doctor who examined the body, as saying. “It is presumed that pressure caused by the explosion damaged his heart and lungs, leading to his death.”

Lesson learned.  Whether or not the cell phone battery was the cause, it’s certainly not worth the risk to find out.