6 die in FS lightning strike

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Six construction workers were killed when the structure they were sheltering in was struck by lightning on Wednesday.

Sapa reported that five other men were injured in the incident.

The men had been working along the N8 outside Botshabelo near Bloemfontein when it started raining. The men had taken shelter under an unidentified structure when the lightning struck.

According to the attending paramedics who responded to the incident, they found the men lying in and around the structure.

Six of the men were declared dead on the scene with the other five first treated on the scene before being taken to hospital.

Sapa also reported that a Grade 11 pupil died after being struck by lightning while at school on Tuesday.

Francois Clarence, a Grade 11 pupil at the Hoër Tegniese Skool, was struck by lightning while playing a hockey game. The report said that the storm struck unexpectedly and Clarence was struck while running for the nearest shelter 200m away. He died in hospital later that evening.