Lightning kills three in KZN

Medics Malcolm Saaiers and Johann van der Merwe at their ambulance with its new bright reflective green and yellow provincial colours.

Medics Malcolm Saaiers and Johann van der Merwe at their ambulance with its new bright reflective green and yellow provincial colours.

Published Jan 31, 2015

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Durban - Three people died after being hit by lightning near Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday, paramedics said.

Two women, aged between 70 and 80, and a man, believed to be in his sixties, were confirmed dead at the scene, said Emergency Medical Services spokesman Robert McKenzie.

They were believed to have been in a house at the time.

Three other women sustained serious injuries when they were struck by the lightning.

“Paramedics stabilised them on the scene before transporting them to the local eDumbe Community Health Centre,” said McKenzie.

Sapa

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