A 35 -year-old woman has died at Adzimakorfe (SDA Down), a suburb of Ho in the Volta Region, after she was allegedly struck by lightning.

The incident happened near her house at about 6 PM.

The woman identified as Selina Kuma Kle sold kenkey at Ho Bankoe Sorkode Station.

An eye witness, Mr Christopher Ametefe, told Class News he was staking lotto when the lady also came around.

“I came to stake lotto and she also came to stake her own. I had a conversation with her and she said there is too much gossiping in this area and I told her that gossiping is everywhere so she should focus on her life,” he said.

“I staked my lotto and left. Reaching home, I realised that the agent made a mistake in the numbers so I returned to the lotto agent to correct it and in less than 5 minutes after the rain started, we heard a strong thunder [with lightning] which struck her down and that ended her life,” he recounted.

Ametefe said he was left in shock.

A family member also disclosed to she had a phone call from her sister in-law breaking the news to her.

“I had a call from my brother's wife asking if I [had] heard about the death of my cousin. I told her I never heard anything. Swiftly, I rushed to the scene to observe for myself and truly she was dead,” she said.

Meanwhile, Mr Ruddy Kle, alias Paka, an elder brother of the deceased expressed belief that apart from walking in the way of lightning, an individual could be stricken if they had an issue with someone and were cursed by same.

“I know my sister is a quiet person who will not have an issue with anyone but what I know about thunder strike is, if you are cursed with it or you walk on its way during the raining and it strikes, you will be a victim,” he said.

According to him, in view of his sister’s peaceable nature, he believed something was wrong somewhere. He said the issue would be investigated.

Meanwhile, traditional leaders from Ho Bankoe came to perform some rituals for Selina’s body to be taken from the scene.

After the rites, the family said they went to report the matter to police for help to convey the body but their efforts yielded no positive results, resulting in they conveying the deceased to the Ho Teaching Hospital morgue themselves.

Residents are still in a state of fear and panic as they said such an incident had never happened in their area before.