Jogger’s lucky escape after her head torch bought on Amazon EXPLODED seconds after she took it off
Furious husband Darren Sonhurst says his wife Natalie could have died if she'd left the head torch on for 30 seconds longer
AN OUTRAGED dad claims his wife could have been killed after a head torch she was wearing exploded mere seconds after she took it off.
Darren Sonhurst, 47, had bought two sets of the devices for himself and his wife Natalie, 39, who used it for a run before it burst into flames on Sunday.
The dad-of-three, who bought the torches from Bosi Tools UK on Amazon, said: "She phoned me about ten minutes later in a panic, saying 'Don't use the other head torch.
"'My one's just exploded.'
"We have used it before and it has been fine. The battery pack sits on the back of your head.
"One of the batteries had exploded, fragments ended up on the dashboard.
"It didn't get hot or anything, it just doesn't bear thinking about."
Earlier on in the day, Natalie had used her head torch while out running with their dogs.
She put it on the charger at around 4.30pm, before going out for another run later that day.
She had originally planned on starting her run from their home in Ashford, Kent, but ended up picking another route that meant she had to drive a mile away from home.
Seconds after arriving at her destination, Natalie luckily removed the torch as it had been hitting her sun visor – it exploded around 30 seconds later.
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Darren, who was offered a refund from Amazon, said: "I said I'm not phoning for a refund. I'm phoning you to make you aware of a dangerous product.'
"He said 'we sell hundreds of these. It must have been something you'd done when you charged it.
"There's obviously a danger there.
"Natalie was so shaken up last night."
Bosi Tools have apologised to the couple over the incident, and have also opened an investigation into the explosion, which has seen the whole stock of head lights sent back to the supplier.
A spokesman said: "We got a call from a customer regarding this issue.
“It has never happened before for any of our customers.
"We offer them refund for full item which they purchased and we are really sorry for that trouble.
“For more details, we have filed a complaint to our supplier.
"We have opened an investigation on them and we are checking all our stock which we have in our warehouse and planning to send whole stock back to them for replacement.
"We are giving surety we will check each and every order before dispatch from our warehouse, and it will not happen to any customer.
"We are ready to issue a full refund to the customer which got this trouble from our product."
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