By Moses Andama
in Masindi
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A senior three female student died after being struck by lightening in Kakwese 1 cell, Nyangahya division, Masindi district.
The deceased has only been identified as Sylvia, a student at Green Field secondary school in Masindi town and a daughter of Daniel Kafanibenda.
According to Peruth Balinda, the chairperson Kakwese LC1, the tragedy struck at around 6pm during the heavy rain as the deceased and her two brothers were in the kitchen as she prepared the family’s supper.
Balinda adds that after being struck, Sylvia was rushed to Nyamigisa health center for treatment in a critical condition but she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Balinda says that Sylvia’s brothers were not injured by the lighting apart from the shock one of them suffered but he normalized later.
The chairperson reveals that the deceased’s body is lying at her parents’ home as arrangements to bury her today go on.
Balinda says this is the second lighting strike in the cell in a period of 30 years. She appealed to the residents to wear shoes during rain and to stop children from playing in it in order to prevent such occurrences.
Sylvia becomes the seventh person to die of lightning strike in Masindi district in a period of one month.
The first person was struck dead in Kikuube village, Kikonzi Sub County before seven others were struck, killing five of them in a market in Kibibira village, Kiruli Sub County about two weeks ago.