Odisha: 16 Students Injured In Lightning Strike In Kendrapara

Sixteen students of a state-run school in Odisha's Kendrapara district were injured in a lightning strike on Saturday, police said.
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Lightning struck the 11 KV?power line near Kudanagari Adarsha Vidyalaya in Garadpur block, and the impact was such that the students who were in a room of the school's hostel also experienced shocks, they said.
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Among the students, two were boys and 14 were girls. They were all students of classes 6 and 7.
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The injured students were taken to the community health centre, and at present, all of them are out of danger, said Doctor Prasant Kumar Jena who treated them.