Father and Son Injured After Lightning Strike Near Home Hits Farm Machinery

Father and daughter injured when lightning strikes near home and hits shockwave radius

October 12

It is reported that in Sin Phyu Kyun Village Tract, Thaton Township, Mon State, a father and daughter inside their home were injured when lightning struck and they could not escape the shockwave radius.

At around 7:30 p.m. on October 10, lightning struck near a house in Ward (7), Sin Phyu Kyun Village Tract, and because they could not escape the lightning's shockwave radius, the father, who was reciting prayers on a rosary, and his daughter, who was washing dishes, were injured, it is reported.

"The father was reciting prayers on a rosary, and the daughter was washing dishes in the kitchen. When the lightning struck, the windowpanes shattered and glass shards hit the father; the daughter was hit by the broken lid of the sink and lost consciousness" a local resident said.

The two injured, father and daughter, received medical treatment at Thaton Hospital and have returned home, it is reported.

Also, in the evening of September 22 last month, during a football tournament being held at the 400-meter sports ground in Mudon Township, a lightning shockwave struck and a forward player from Lion City (Mawlamyine) team collapsed and died on the field.

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