The citizens preliminarily identified as Socorro Moncada Calderón and Félix, according to reports in official media, died on the afternoon of November 9 after being struck by lightning.
Both people were on the side of a road in the sector known as Las Pozas, in the municipality of Villanueva, in the department of Chinandega.
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Socorro and Félix, according to the publications, were in that place waiting for a bus while an electrical storm was recorded in that sector.
After the tragedy occurred, members of the Police arrived at the scene and carried out preliminary investigations into the identity of the deceased and the causes of death.
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Regarding the citizen Socorro Moncada Calderón, the reports state, it was known that she is originally from the Rodeo Grande community, but she was in the Las Pozas sector, in the municipality of Villanueva, because she came to visit a relative. In the case of Félix, on social networks it only circulates that he is from the municipality of Chinandega.
Deaths and injuries from lightning have become increasingly common in Chinandega. In August of last year, a man identified as Yermaen Corrales Beltrán, 42, He died after receiving a powerful electric shock from lightning while waiting for the rain to pass with his co-workers, in El Viejo, Chinandega.
The six companions with whom Corrales Beltrán was at the time of being struck by the lightning managed to survive, but were transferred to a hospital in El Viejo due to the injuries they suffered.
