A Russian schoolgirl drowned in the bath after she was given a massive electric shock by her phone when she dropped it in the water.

Yulia Vysotskaya, 14, was charging her mobile when it slipped out of her hands at her home in Cheboksary.

Her devastated parents ‘called an ambulance but paramedics were only able to register the schoolgirl’s death and take her body to the morgue,’ said one report citing medical sources.

This is the third such case reported in little over a year in the country despite public warnings from experts about the deadly risks of using smartphones in the bath, with one cautioning that the risks are like ‘Russian roulette’.

Electronics engineer Andrey Stanovsky said: “To relax in the bath with a mobile phone connected to the charger is like playing Russian roulette.”