BACOLOD City – Three individuals, two of them minors, were struck by lightning while swimming in Bianes Beach in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental.
One of them – the 13-year-old Leonardo Priolo Deles of Sitio Carolina, Barangay Poblacion 2, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental – died.
The incident happened around 2:13 p.m. on Sunday, a police report showed.
The 5-year-old Juliana Gerson Detablan and 46-year-old Hob Canial Deles – also residents of Sitio Carolina, Barangay Poblacion 2, La Carlota City – were injured.
The three victims were part of a group having an excursion at the beach, the report stated.
They were brought to the Valladolid District Hospital where Leonardo was pronounced “dead on arrival.”
Detablan and Hob, on the other hand, were transferred to the Bacolod Adventist Medical Center for further treatment./PN
