Phone 'did not kill' South Korean
Posted On December 1, 2007
A South Korean man initially thought to have been killed by an exploding mobile phone battery was in fact crushed by a quarry vehicle, police have said.
The man was found dead on Wednesday with a melted battery in his pocket and his heart and lungs punctured.
But police in Cheongju said a colleague later confessed that he had backed into the victim while reversing a construction vehicle.