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Source Alberton Record
Sunday, 22 December 2019, 16:55
NATIONAL NEWS - ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene in Bethal, Mpumalanga on Saturday afternoon to find a man with serious injuries after being struck by lightning.
It is believed the man fell off a planter, a farm implement usually towed behind a tractor after the lightning struck the farming equipment.
Advanced life support interventions were necessary before he was transported to a hospital for further treatment.
It is not known what circumstances led to the incident.
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