3 teens killed by lightning in KZN
2013-01-10 07:27
Durban - Three teenagers died when they were struck by
lightning in KwaChezu, Nkandla, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Wednesday evening,
authorities said.
"Two of them aged 13 and 14 and from the Dlamini
family, and one from the Zwane family, died instantly when they were struck by
lightning while returning from a local tuck shop," provincial co-operative
governance department spokesperson Lennox Mabaso said.
It brought to more than 10 the number of people killed by
lightning in the province in the past few weeks.
MEC Nomusa Dube, who would visit the teenagers' families
soon, sent condolences.
"These incidents are getting more severe and their
frequency suggests that extreme and abnormal weather conditions caused by
climate change have a lot to do with these tragedies," she said.
- SAPA
