Lightning hit and killed a 17-year-old farm laborer and caused minor burns to five of his companions Wednesday in Sitio Catmon, Brgy. Agboy, Candoni.

The fatality was identified as Louie Paul Galvez, 17.

Renante Castro, one of the five survivors, told ABS-CBN that they were loading sugarcane on a cargo truck, when lightning struck and hit them.

Castro and four other survivors are now being treated for minor burns at the Kabankalan District Hospital.

On the same day, a passenger jeep fell into a 50-foot ravine in Ilog, Negros Occidental, causing the death of Glenda Banares and injuries to 14 other passengers, police said.

Reynaldo Tolentino told the Ilog police that the steering wheel of his passenger jeep developed mechanical trouble, while he was negotiating a curve in Km. 112 in Brgy. Dancalan, Ilog.

The injured passengers, majority of them ambulant vendors, are now being treated for their injuries at the Kabankalan District Hospital.*GPB

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