A 16-year-old girl died after being struck by lightning in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday.
The deceased Roksana Aktar was daughter of one Jaker Ahmed of Koralkhali area under Saharbil union of the upazila.
Jamal Hossain, a member of the union parishad, said the lightning struck her while she was cleaning the yard with a broom in the evening, leaving her dead on the spot.
The death cast a shadow of mourning on the whole area.