Three Members Of A Same Family Have Died Due To Lightning

A male and two females have died as  lightning struck them near a Tobacco cultivation at  area in Uduwil,Jaffan (Northern Province)this noon (16).

The incident occurred when the  three deceased had gone inside a shelter near a coconut tree in the area to protect from the heavy showers fallen at that time it has been revealed.The lightning had struck the shelter where they had entered according to reports.

The deceased had been identified as 38 ,48 and 52 year old brother and two sisters of a same family.Their bodies had been sent to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital for the post mortem .