Lightning strike during football match leaves 2 children dead, 5 critical

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Rourkela: At least two children were killed and five others turned critical after a lightning bolt struck a football ground in Hatibari village under Nuagaon tehsil under Sundergarh district yesterday.

The victim children have been identified as residents of the same village.

As per the report, at least 20 children from Hatibari village were busy playing a football match at a village playground last afternoon when the mishap took place. They were suddenly hit by a flash of lightning accompanied by ear-splitting thunder which left at least one of them dead on the spot and six others injured.

The injured were immediately rushed to the Rourkela Government Hospital where one critically injured child died under treatment by the night. Conditions of the rest five who were admitted to the hospital remain critical.

Hatibari Police has sent the deceased for autopsy and lodged a case of unnatural death in connection with the incident.

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