A ‘fortunate’ mom explained how her teen son almost died after his religious cross necklace electrocuted him ‘like a hot coil’ in a freak accident that left the jewelry scorched into his flesh.
What Happened?
Danielle Davis, 38, was awoken by a piercing scream of ‘mom, I’ve been electrocuted. It was my necklace’ coming from her son Rayce Ogdahl’s room on the night of April 30.
The mom-of-six went to investigate, before she was met with the horrific sight of her 16-year-old son covered in ‘scorched burns’ across his neck.
Rayce told his mom that he had been electrocuted by his own necklace after the cross chain came into contact with an exposed prong of a plug.
The Chain Seared His Skin
Shocking photos show Rayce’s neck and collarbone charred black with the imprint of his chain seared onto his red raw skin.
After ripping the chain from his neck, the cross and necklace left a burning three-inch hole in Rayce’s mattress.
The teen was rushed to a medical center‘s burns unit in Oklahoma, where he was admitted to the intensive care unit to help treat his injuries.
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How He Was Electrocuted
Danielle said her son had explained that he was in bed before rolling over to get comfortable when he heard something fall off the bed.
He wanted to make sure his phone was still charging so his alarm would go off for school the next day, but when he leaned over the side, nothing could prepare him for the horror accident that was about to unfold.
‘He said he leaned out of the bed and when he did the cross necklace around his neck made contact with the prongs from the plug in an extension cord which were just barely exposed,’ Danielle continued.
‘He said he was completely conscious through the whole thing and was aware he was being electrocuted. Because everything was metal, it made a complete circuit around his neck. It was like a hot coil.
