Lightning kills coed, hurts pal

FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City, Philippines – A visiting female college student was killed while a companion was injured when lighting struck them amid a drizzle at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) grounds Tuesday afternoon.

Michelle Quicio and Rachelle Ventura, both students at the University of Baguio, were reportedly at the PMA’s Relics Point taking photographs when the lightning struck.

PMA spokesperson Capt. Lynnete Flores said several attempts by attending doctors at the PMA to revive Quicio failed and she died 20 minutes after the incident.

Flores said Ventura is now in stable condition at the Fort del Pilar Station Hospital.

Flores said the PMA had informed the parents of the two students in Isabela about the accident.