{"id":607387,"date":"2019-04-12T20:30:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T20:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>dailymailgh.com<\/p>\n2019-04-12\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/9332182"},"modified":"2019-04-12T20:30:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T20:30:13","slug":"thunder-lightning-kill-ghanaian-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/12\/thunder-lightning-kill-ghanaian-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder, lightning kill Ghanaian couple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>dailymailgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/93321821.295.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderr\" title=\"Thunderr\" width=\"295\" height=\"170\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The thunder struck the couple while they were on their farm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Thunder struck husband and wife, Emmanuel Botwey, 27, and Rita Nketia, 26, to death at Assin Andoe Sibo Nkwanta in the Assin South District of the Central region \u2013 134km by road from Accra.<\/p>\n<p>According to an eyewitness, Yaw Mensah, the father of Rita and in-law of Emmanuel Botwey, the thunder and lightning killed the couple instantly on their farm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt started drizzling so we decided to set off,\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had gone to seek refuge nearby and used leaves to cover our heads. Suddenly, there was a loud bang followed by lightning. The flash blurred my view briefly and when I was able to gain sight properly I saw my wife and the deceased couple lying on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI shook my wife until she gained consciousness. But the couple didn\u2019t respond so I had to rush to the village for help. We rushed them to the hospital and we were told the couple had lost their lives,\u201d Mr. Mensah said.<\/p>\n<p>The bodies have been deposited at the morgue for autopsy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 12 April 2019 Source: dailymailgh.com 2019-04-12 The thunder struck the couple while they were on their farm Thunder struck husband and wife, Emmanuel Botwey, 27, and Rita Nketia, 26, to death at Assin Andoe Sibo Nkwanta in the Assin South District of the Central region \u2013 134km by road from Accra. 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