BUTTERWORTH: A young man died while charging his phone on an express bus at the Penang Sentral bus terminal here yesterday evening.
The bus was scheduled to depart for Kuala Lumpur Sentral.
The deceased has been identified as Mohamad Nur Asymawi Jasmadi, 18.
Seberang Prai Utara police chief Assistant Commissioner Anuar Abdul Rahman said police were alerted about the incident at 7.40pm.
He said initial investigations revealed burn marks on the youth's left fingers, believed to have resulted from electrocution while charging his cellphone using the socket on the bus.
He added that the end of the charging cable had melted and the phone overheated.
"The bus driver, who is one of the witnesses, told us the victim had boarded the bus to Kuala Lumpur about 6pm.
"About 10 minutes later, a passenger heard the victim screaming and saw him foaming at the mouth.
"The bus driver then called for an ambulance," he said today (Nov 2).
Anuar said the ambulance, which arrived 10 minutes later, confirmed that the youth had died.
"We conducted a probe and found no criminal elements. The post-mortem report revealed the youth died from electrocution."