A 60-year-old man was killed while his worker, a 17-year-old boy, was injured after they were struck by lightning Tuesday, July 26, in Brgy. Puey, Sagay City, Negros Occidental.
Killed was Bernardo Tapia.
The two were tending to their pigs when it suddenly rained, so they took cover at the waiting shed, but they were hit by lightning, a police report said.
There were four more people at the waiting shed but they were not hit.
Tapia was declared dead on arrival at the hospital while the minor is in stable condition, the police said.*