Gadis Cantik Ini Hangus Terbakar setelah Disambar Petir
Two Girls, 13, Killed after Being Hit by Lightning while Swimming
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
DUA GADIS remaja tewas dan gadis ketiga terluka ketika mereka tersambar petir saat berenang di laut di Meksiko.
Tragedi itu terjadi lepas pantai Carmen, di kotamadya Solidaridad, di negara bagian Meksiko tenggara Quintana Roo, belum lama ini.
Korban tewas Paula Cantoral Cordova, 13, dengan dua teman sekolahnya Andrea Hernandez Sandoval, 13, yang juga meninggal, dan Maria Eugenia Aceves Pulido, 13, di salah satu pantai wisata yang paling populer di Meksiko.
Kejadian mengenaskan bermula ketika badai mereda, lalu terdengar dentuman keras dan petir menyambar dua remaja dan langsung tewas.
Gadis ketiga, Maria Eugenia, dilarikan ke rumah sakit. Namun keluar dari rumah sakit pada hari berikutnya setelah dirawat karena shock dan luka bakar ringan.
Tim medis pun segera turun tangan dan pantai itu ditutup oleh otoritas setempat sementara kedua jenazah remaja cantik yang tubuhnya gosong akibat disambar petir dibawa ke tepi pantai.
Dua korban tewas dinyatakan meninggal di tempat kejadian, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
Kepala meteorologi di saluran TV Azteca Noreste, Victor Rosas, mengatakan bahwa fenomena alam yang menewaskan kedua remaja terjadi akibat pembentukan awan cumulonimbus yang memicu terjadinya petir dan langsung menyambar kedua korban.
Dia mengatakan: 'Listrik yang terpancar dari petir berusaha mencari titik tertinggi di bumi - dalam hal ini para remaja yang berada di perairan dangkal yang disambar."
TWO TEENAGE girls were killed and a third injured when they were hit by lighting while swimming in the sea in Mexico.
The tragedy happened off Carmen beach, in the municipality of Solidaridad, in the south-east Mexican state of Quintana Roo recently.
Victim Paula Cantoral Cordova, 13, was with her school friends Andrea Hernandez Sandoval, 13, who also died, and Maria Eugenia Aceves Pulido, 13, at one of the most popular tourist beaches in Mexico.
As stormy weather started to close in, there was a loud bang and a flash and two of the teenagers were instantly killed.
The third girl, Maria Eugenia, was rushed to hospital. But she was released the next day after being treated for shock and minor burns.
The emergency services were called and the beach was cordoned off by authorities while the bodies were brought back to shore.
The two other girls were pronounced dead at the scene.
The chief of meteorologist of TV channel Azteca Noreste, Victor Rosas, said that the phenomenon that killed the girls came after a Cumulonimbus cloud formation capable of creating lightning had quickly built up.
He said: 'The electrical discharge seeks the highest point on the ground - in this case being the girls who were in shallow water with their heads above the surface.'