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A 55-year-old woman died when lightning struck her while she was standing in a bus shelter in a village in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday.

Police said heavy thundershowers lashed many parts of the Tuticorin district on Thursday. Lakshmi, wife of Isakki of West Street of Thirumalayapuram near Kayatharu, took shelter in a bus shelter with her granddaughter Abinaya,9, and Ayyammal, 59, wife of Shanmugam of the same village.

Lakshmi died on the spot when lightning struck her. Abinaya and Ayyammal, who were injured, were admitted to Tirunelveli Government Hospital.