A 57-year-old pillion rider was killed after being struck by lightning while traveling on a motorcycle in the Perumeli Kandan area of Eravur last evening, November 7. The victim, a resident of Vantharumoolai, was returning home with the motorcycle rider from a paddy field in the Uppodaya area when the incident occurred.

According to police, the rider was unharmed, while the pillion rider succumbed to the lightning strike.