A 21-year-old farmer died after he was struck by lightning in Purok Enyam, Brgy. Cambarus, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, on Monday, June 24.
Neil Patrick Sarmiento, 21, a farmer, was cultivating a rice field when it suddenly rained.
He sat under a banana tree and was about to operate a hand tractor when lighting struck him, the police reported.
The victim’s aunt brought him to the Pontevedra Rural Health Unit where he was declared dead.*