Woman and baby killed by lightning
A woman and a baby boy were killed during a severe thunder storm, while a number of others were injured, in the Nqutu area in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.
During the storm, Paramedics from KZN Emergency Medical Services responded to several incidents in the Mphondi area near Nqutu, Nothern KZN Courier reported.
In the first case, a woman, a 12-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl were seriously injured.
Later in the evening, a woman and a baby boy sustained fatal injuries after being struck by lightning, while a man and his four-year-old daughter were also injured.
The paramedics later transported the surviving patients to a nearby hospital.
“In both cases, it is not known how close the lightning strikes were to the affected patients,” said Robert McKenzie, EMRS spokesperson.
In a similar incident, one person was killed and three others injured when they were struck by lightning in Bloemfontein earlier this year.
The four were struck while at a camp site near Tierpoort dam and were later taken to hospital.
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“Paramedics discovered one of the patients had been fatally wounded, while the other three had sustained injuries ranging from moderate to critical, including severe burns,” ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said.
– Caxton News Service
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