[Etsu]

Hope it wasn't Candy Crush

[retrocube]

That sinking feeling when you drop your phone.

[records1]

Phones can be deadly weapons.

[AriaDonna]

Looks like she figured how to swim and push herself to the other side at the end. Don't be around water if u can't swim!

[vagabond]

She panicked- should have done the 'dead man's' float, or something, until help arrived.

[lion]

i dont understand why people dont learn to swim

[wmbondurant]

And what category of death would that fall under ; besides drowning ... Distracted walking ?

[kellyhound]

Found some info.
Around 20:22 on Dec 29 a 28 year old Chinese woman playing games on her cellphone, like she normally did every evening, walked down a street, where a 45 meter wide river runs next to, and with no railing or other barrier seperating them was so distracted that she fell in the water and drowned withing 2 minutes.

They have no railing there as villagers wash their clothes in the river because the quality of the water is pretty good.

The husband, who worked overtime that evening/night came to find his wife the next day as she wasn't home and he found her shoes floating in the river and alarmed police. Family told the woman was addicted to game playing on her cell-phone. The water is only 5 ft deep there but has a slippery underground.
She leaves two kids under the age of 10.

This is not the first time people died in that provence this year from mobile phone overuse/distraction police told.

In June a guy was found dead in bed laying on his side with his phone still in his hands. He was addicted to microblogging all nights long. Autopsy revealed he suffered a cardiac disease and had a sudden death. He left behind a 6-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son.

In Oct. a man was watching TV on his mobile phone and crossed the street right in the path of a truck who mangled him to death.

Nov. A 41 year old man crossed a railroad crossing while playing games on his mobile phone. He dropped his phone, tried to pick it up before the train arrived but was grabbed by the train and died on the spot.

May: A young woman wearing a short skirt answered a phone call while crossing the street when a van appeared from her right and knocked her to the ground where she was greeted by a dump truck who run her over.

Dec. A BMW driver answered a phone call while driving on an overpass and didn't notice a traffic police officer who he hit. The officer died due to a cracked skull.

Other provences report a rise in deadly traffic accidents also caused by mobile phone use.

[Susan]

I've known people who died, who could swim well, from drowning, because the water was so cold, their bodies cramp and they can't move properly. Looks like this girl tried desperately to stay afloat until her body gave way. The water temperature was probably below freezing as it looks to be at nighttime.

[docfr8]

Originally Posted by slyksleevemuckyey ↗

I've known people who died, who could swim well, from drowning, because the water was so cold, their bodies cramp and they can't move properly. Looks like this girl tried desperately to stay afloat until her body gave way. The water temperature was probably below freezing as it looks to be at nighttime.

I could understand the water being so cold when I see snow on the ground and signs of winter, but she was wearing a t-shirt.. Must not have been relatively that cold in her region

That's what happens when you spend all your time playing video games, but instead could have been living an active lifestyle and learned how to swim

Originally Posted by Etsu ↗

Hope it wasn't Candy Crush