A LIGHTNING strike killed a 65-year-old woman at a sugarcane plantation in Hacienda San Miguel, Brgy. San Miguel, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental Tuesday afternoon, January 17.

Killed was Elizabeth Arevalo, a laborer.

Police said the victim and her co-workers were preparing to go home after planting sugarcane tops in the area when the rain started.

The victim then fell to the ground after the lightning struck.

She was rushed by the local rescue unit to Don Salvador Benedicto Memorial District Hospital, but she didn’t make it.

A post-mortem examination will be conducted on the victim. (MPE)