Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 21:
In a tragic incident that occured at around 11.30 am today, a 14-year-old boy was killed while eight of them were injured in a lightning strike at Khaishat Tang in
Ukhrul.
According to sources, the incident occurred while Rn Rintharsem s\o Rn Thotwon of Thawai village in Ukhrul district was moving outside to relieve himself after watching TV with eight of his friends.
According to the sources, when the lightning suddenly struck the boy collapsed unconscious outside the house and although he was immediately rushed to Ukhrul District Hospital, the doctors declared him brought dead, it said.
Of the eight, three of them are in critical condition in the hospital.
Rintharsem was a Class VI student of Cambridge school, Ukhrul.