CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur - A man was killed and another injured when they were hit by a lightning along the shoreline in Barangay Teppeng, Sinait town last Thursday.

A belated police report said that the victim, Jude Jouie Garcia, 21, a vacationist from Cainta, Rizal, who was talking with another person through his mobile phone when he was hit by the lightning.

PO3 Erwin Ancheta, staff duty officer of the Sinait Police Station, identified the injured as Ranulfo Ibus, 46, a balikbayan from Hawaii and native of barangay Sallacapo, Sinait town.

Investigation showed that both victims were walking along the shore of barangay Teppeng despite heavy rains when the lightning struck.

Then, Garcia reportedly received a call from his cellular phone and answered it when the lightning struck and hit them.

Garcia died instantly while Ibus, who was a few meters away, was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was treated of third degree burns. (PNA/Freddie G. Lazaro)