Lightning strikes again
As the darkness of heavy rain came upon eMalahleni on January 14, two ladies were on their way back from jogging to the Witbank Dam.
Lightning struck again in the town of eMalahleni and unfortunately hit two joggers on the Witbank Dam Road.
It’s not the first time that lightning has struck people in our midst as this natural disaster took the life of a scholar, a few years ago.
As the darkness of heavy rain came upon eMalahleni on January 14, two ladies were on their way back from jogging to the Witbank Dam.
“This road is really popular for joggers and people that enjoy a walk once in a while,” said a resident.
As this ladies walked back to their vehicle, lightning struck and hits a tree that allegedly was hit before by lightning; it was then when they got hit.
“We were passing the garage nearby as the lightning became really heavy and suddenly saw the tree and the two ladies getting struck by lightning,” said eye witness, Ms Liza Marie Prinsloo.
She and her husband was the first to see what happened and immediately stopped to offer the help they could.
“You can not actually do anything more than to call medical services for help. Luckily my grandfather always has his two way radio with him so we quickly contacted the ambulance services,” Prinsloo added.
Legacy responded on the open channel of SACCW (South African Community Crime Watch) and was dispatched to the scene where they stabilised the patients before rushing them to the hospital.
“The look on the two ladies’ faces were total shock as I was just as shocked, I did not even get their names. Before Legacy arrived on scene both ladies were half unconscious but did not have any serious burns on their bodies of what I could see. There were only minor cuts on one of the ladies’ faces as she fell on the tar road,” Prinsloo also added.
Prinsloo warned the residents to not be outside when the lightning is heavy, “I have seen it numerous times as I use this road daily. People still keeps on jogging and walking while lightning strikes. The roads are wet and water is a conductor of lightning.”
WITBANK NEWS could not reach the two joggers before going to print.
“The two patients both were lightly injured and was treated for shock on the scene,” Gene Jacobs from Legacy concluded.
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