BACOLOD City – Lightning strike kills another man in Negros Occidental.
The 35-year-old sugar farmhand Alger Nicoyco of Barangay Quiwi, Hinigaran town is the 13th casualty due to lightning strikes in the province in a span of three months.
Nicoyco and his companion who was only identified as “Jimboy” of Binalbagan, Negros Occidental were inside a nipa hut at a sugarcane plantation in Purok 7 in Barangay Quiwi around 5:30 p.m. on Friday when lightning struck, a police report showed.
It was raining at the time, the report further stated.
They were rushed to the Hinigaran Municipal Health Unit where the attending physician pronounced Nicoyco – who had third degree burns all over his body – “dead on arrival.”
Jimboy, on the other hand, was transferred to a hospital in Bacolod and recuperating as of this writing.
From April to May, there were 35 cases of injured individuals due to lightning strikes in Negros Occidental, according to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Division (PDRRMD).
On May 25, four people were killed while four others were hurt after lighting struck them in Barangay Don Salvador Benedicto, Pontevedra town.
On May 22, a man also died after lighting struck him while he was on his way home in Barangay Andres Bonifacio, Cadiz City.
On the same day, 11 people – mostly minors – have been injured after lighting hit near a chapel in Barangay Ma-ao.
According to the PDRRMD, the deadliest lightning incident was reported in Barangay Manlucahoc, Sipalay City last April 18 – six individuals were killed and 17 others were injured./PN
