Man charged with manslaughter in "exploding battery" case

In one of the more bizarre turns we've seen stories take, new information has come to light in the recent exploding battery death we reported on. It turns out that the LG battery which had initially been blamed for the "accident" wasn't the cause at all, rather, a co-worker of the victim has admitted to hitting the man with a 15-ton hydraulic rig while driving in reverse, and has been charged with manslaughter. Kwon Young-sup, who had originally reported that he had heard an explosion and discovered the man's body, has now told police that he invented the story as a cover-up for an accident. So, you can now return to placing calls on your LG without fear -- but watch your back on the job-site.

[Via Sky News, thanks Barry T, image courtesy of Yonhap News]

[fernando Posted Nov 30th 2007 12:07PM]

for some reason, I lol'd

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 30th 2007 12:24PM]

I think I lawled too. But how did he go about making it look like the phone exploded?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 30th 2007 12:27PM]

It's been reported it was all a lie. Here's a link to the story about what really happened:
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200711/200711300015.html

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 30th 2007 1:11PM]

WOW! Now THAT is creative... and stupid! Why would you make up a story that's bound to attract tons of attention.