VIDEO: Witbank pupil struck by lightning
A first-team hockey player from Hoër Tegniese Skool (HTS) has been struck by lightning on the rugby field in Witbank, Mpumalanga.
Yesterday at about 2.40pm Francois Clarence, a Grade 11 pupil, was walking off the hockey field with the rest of his team due to bad weather before the match against Potchefstroom started,Witbank News reported.
Just before Clarence reached the top of the field, a bolt of lightning struck and hit him, sending him to the ground.
In the video, Ambu-Training personnel can be seen conducting Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Clarence was later taken to Life Cosmos Hospital.
Click here to watch the video.
Last month, two children were killed and three critically injured when they were struck by lightning in Mthonjaneni, KwaZulu-Natal.
Eleven boys were struck while playing football in the area’s Ward 4, said Premier Senzo Mchunu. One of the boys died on the scene, the other on the way to hospital.
“Nine of the boys were injured and taken to KwaMagwaza Hospital. Six of them were discharged, and the other three were still being treated,” added Mchunu.
– Caxton News Service
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