TELUK INTAN: A student was killed while two others were injured after lightning struck at field they were playing football in Taman Desa Bakti, Jalan Kampung Banjar here yester afternoon.
Mohd Amir Alias, 15, died after being brought to a nearby surau while Mohd Amin Asrin, 16, and Mohd Shafiq Amirul Shamsuddin, 14, were injured and have been admitted to the Teluk Intan Hospital here.
The incident happened at 5.20pm when the trio together with eight friends were playing football at the field which is not far from the their school, Sekolah Maahad Tahfiz Al-Furqan.
Mohd Amir, who is from Tapah near here, is said to have been directly hit by a lightning bolt.
Taman Desa Bakti Neighbourhood Watch chairman Mohamad Darus, 54, said the boy had become lifeless when brough the the surau.
-“He no longer had a pulse. This is very saddening indeed and something very unexpected,” he said.
Safatri Nazir, 15, who was among the players, said he helped to carry Mohd Amir, who was bleeding in the mouth and eyes were open, to the surau.
“I saw he had become motionless and managed to get him to recite the syahadah,” he said. — Bernama