Southern Iran: Lightning kills female farmer

Published December 14th, 2004 - 02:06 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

A woman farmer, 54, was killed by lightning while working on her farm in a village in the southern province of Bushehr, according to a local official on Tuesday.


The head of the province`s Red Crescent office, Parviz Moslehi, said that the woman, a resident of Faqih Ahmadan village near the city of Dashti, 85 kilometers southeast of Bushehr, was struck by lightning Monday while working on her farm, <i>IRNA</i> reported.


Earlier floods made it difficult to transport the woman to hospital for medical treatment. She died before she could receive treatment, Moslehi added. 

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