Rain arrives in city and takes its toll too
Lightning kills fisherman, injures 6 in Bhayandar
A sixty-year-old fisherman died after being struck by lightning at the seashore in a small village in the coastal belt of Uttan near Bhayandar early Saturday morning.
Six others were also injured due to lightning which struck the region amidst thunderstorm.
According to the police the incident was reported from Patan Bunder village at around 6:30 am, when the deceased, identified as Stanny Admani, had gone to check his fishing accessories and equipment in the boat which had been anchored on the seashore owing to the monsoon fishing ban.
Stanny succumbed to injuries on way to a hospital in Bhayandar. Six others who were also present in the vicinity to answer the natures call sustained minor injuries.
The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, and were allowed to go home after treatment. A couple of injured persons had lost their hearing capacity which they regained almost two hours after lightning struck them.
After conducting a post-mortem at the civic hospital in Bhayandar, the police handed over the body of the deceased to his family members.
A pall of gloom descended in the coastal area following the tragic incident, even as several houses were reportedly hit due to the lightning.