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Three killed, 15 injured in lightning strike

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Press Trust of India Suri(WB)
Last Updated : May 11 2013 | 8:10 PM IST
Three persons were killed and 15 others injured when lightning struck them near Tarapith in Birbhum district today, police sources said.
Some people had taken shelter in a bus shed during the rains and storm.
After some time a bus came and stopped in the shed.
Two persons in the shed were killed on the spot and some persons in the shed and a few bus passengers received injuries when lightning struck them, the sources aid.
The injured have been admitted to Rampurhat Sub-Divisional hospital. The doctors said the condition of some of the injured were serious.

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First Published: May 11 2013 | 8:10 PM IST

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