Lightning strike hospitalises 13 Australian schoolchildren

Brisbane, Australia (AFP) Dec 8, 2020

Thirteen primary school students and two teachers were taken to hospital after lightning struck a school sportsfield on Australia's east coast on Tuesday. The children, aged between between 10 and 12 years old, were playing on the field at their school in Queensland when the bolt struck nearby, a spokesman for the local ambulance service said. The group was treated for numbness in their