lightning claims one life at Chandankiyari while two sustained burn injuries at Chandankiyary block in Bokaro district, the conditions of the injured are said to be stable, hospital authority said.
The deceased were identified as Pratima Kumari (7), a resident of Kehardih village. She was along with her sister playing under a tree when lightning stuck on them, informed a villager. With the help of locals, duos rushed to nearby hospital where doctor referred him to another hospital for better treatment. later the villagers rushed him to the regional hospital where doctors declared Pratima brought dead while her sister who sustained burn injuries treating her wound at the hospital.
While in another incident Nutan Bauri, a resident of Nutandih injured after lightening struck. He was on the way to home, suddenly rain and thundering started said an eyewitness. “To escape from rain he rushed under a tree, suddenly lightening struck which resulted in injuries”, added the eyewitness.
There is no place in outside is safe when thunderstorms are in the area, said Dr P Neyyar a medical practitioner at Bokaro. In that case, person should immediately get off from the elevated areas (hill or peaks) and try to get shelter in a building immediately, preferably in a house, inside the metal automobile, he said adding “one should never lie flat on the ground, never take shelter under an isolated tree”.