BY NYARIKA DOMANAIS
ILOILO – A lightning strike on Thursday, July 11, killed a fish vendor in Sitio Bulan, Barangay Tabug, Alimodian town.
Police identified the fatality as 45-year-old Ronie Siapno, a resident of Barangay Bugang.
According to Captain Marion Aspara, chief of the Alimodian Municipal Police Station, the victim was selling fish on a motorcycle when heavy rains poured.
Siapno was taking shelter under a bamboo plant when a lightning struck him around 5 p.m.
“Samtang mga around 5 (p.m.) nagalibod sang isda ang biktima gulpiyada nga nag-ulan dala pangilat. Nagpasilong siya sa dalom kawayanan tapos nangilat naman, unfortunately naigu gid ni siya sang kilat,” Aspara said.
The police chief added: “May mga blister siya bala, agi sang kilat sa hawak niya kag daw nanggit-om bala siya.”
The victim was brought to Aleosan District Hospital but was declared dead at around 6:40 p.m. by the attending physician, Dr. Victoria Selario./PN
