Lightning kills Malaysian on cell phone
January 20, 2007
Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ? A Malaysian student was killed by lightning as she answered her cellphone in Malaysia's Borneo island state Sarawak, a news report said today.
Chai Ming Hui, 23, was taking refuge under an umbrella with two others when her phone rang during a thunderstorm Thursday, the New Straits Times newspaper reported. She answered it and was struck by lightning, causing severe burns, the paper added.
She died minutes later after being taken to the main hospital in Kuching, Sarawak's state capital, the report said.
Her friends were only slightly hurt, it said.
Officials at the Sarawak Hospital were not immediately available for comment.
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January 20, 2007
Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ? A Malaysian student was killed by lightning as she answered her cellphone in Malaysia's Borneo island state Sarawak, a news report said today.
Chai Ming Hui, 23, was taking refuge under an umbrella with two others when her phone rang during a thunderstorm Thursday, the New Straits Times newspaper reported. She answered it and was struck by lightning, causing severe burns, the paper added.
She died minutes later after being taken to the main hospital in Kuching, Sarawak's state capital, the report said.
Her friends were only slightly hurt, it said.
Officials at the Sarawak Hospital were not immediately available for comment.
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