Farmer killed by lightning
9 Villagers gather around a farm hut and the blanket-covered body of Kramol Praking, who died after being struck by lightning while working his rice field in Nakhon Phanom s Phon Sawan district on Monday. (Photo: Pattanapong Sripiachai)
NAKHON PHANOM: A farmer was found dead, apparently struck down by a thunderbolt, in his rice field in Phon Sawan district on Monday afternoon.
Kamol Praking, 49, was found burned and unconscious by his wife Sukchai Torat, 48, in a field near Huay Hai village in tambon Ban Ko.
Police, rescue workers and medics from Phon Sawan Hospital rushed to the scene