Lightning kills 3 women farm labourers

Nagpur: Lightning strike killed three women farm labourers while another two had a miraculous escape at Shiva village, around 35km from city, in Kondhali on Sunday. The labourers were working on the cotton field of Shravan Ingale.
The villagers rushed the five women to Lata Mangeshkar Hospital at Hingna but three of them were declared dead before admission.
The deceased were identified as Archana Tatode, Sharda Uikey and Sangeeta Mungbhate. The bodies were shifted to Government Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem.
Police said Ingale’s wife Satyabhama, who too was among the ones working on the field, sustained serious injuries and is fighting for life. Another woman, identified as Panchpfula Asole, is critical.
Kondhali police have registered accidental death.