Mon Nov 18 15:29:39 UTC 2024: ## 14-Year-Old Boy Dies After Lightning Strike in Karnataka
**Mangaluru, Karnataka, November 18, 2024** – A 14-year-old boy, identified as C. Subodh, tragically lost his life after being struck by lightning in Kedila village, Bantwal taluk, Dakshina Kannada district on Sunday evening. District revenue officials reported that Subodh was struck while sitting outside his house. He was initially taken to a primary health center in Mani before being transferred to a private hospital in Puttur, where he was pronounced dead. Subodh was an eighth-grade student at Srirama Vidyakendra in Kalladka.