On June 21, 2020, at 5:30 pm, a flash of lightning killed a 68 years old man, Meas Chrun, and his 4 oxen, in Kbeng village, Borseth district, Kampong Speu.
Commune police chief Em Sarorn identified the victim as 69-year-old Mean Chrun.
Before the incident, Chrun and his two grandsons travelled by oxcart to the rice fields, about 700m from their home, to plough the land. His grandsons returned home in the afternoon with a bucket of snails they picked at the field for their parents to cook for dinner, Sarorn said.
"At 5:30 pm, while it was raining, the victim was riding the oxcart back home, but was struck and killed by lightning. His four oxen also died."
