Lightning strikes and kills a woman on the shores of a Cartagena beach, and the moment is reflected in a chilling video

A chilling and speechless video went viral capturing the exact moment lightning struck a woman and took her life on the shores of a beach in Cartagena, Colombia, on Tuesday afternoon, November 14, 2023.

The woman, mother of two minor children, was walking on the beach and was struck by lightning. The electric shock caused him to fall into the sand. A man also fell nearby, but he managed to get up to go help the victim.

If Froilanis Maireth Rivas Roman They identified the woman. He was from Venezuela and was 33 years old.

According to El Espectador, Rivas was “with his relatives in the town of La Boquilla.”

A woman, Rosmary Lara, said with pain: “Cousin from the heart, what a great pain, my girl.”

The woman was pronounced dead at a hospital

Froilanis was quickly transferred to a nursing home, where her death was confirmed.

The director of the Emergency Regulatory Center (CRUE), Álvaro Cruz, indicated that an AMI ambulance transported her from Playa Azul Boquilla to the Serena del Mar Hospital, “where she entered the emergency room in cardiac arrest.”

Cruz noted, quoted in El Espectador, that “the doctors tried unsuccessfully for 45 minutes to revive her and then declared her dead.”

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They mourn the tragedy of the Venezuelan Froilanis

Froilanis had two children: a boy (older) and a girl (younger), reported El Tiempo, a medium that said the information came from the Venezuelan’s Facebook.

In that network ‘she repeatedly stated that she was very happy with her motherhood.’ And they add that he apparently had a clothing company on Instagram.”

In an image published on Facebook, in which she is accompanied by her daughter, she wrote: “Every day I thank God for having you, for choosing me to be your mother, for blessing me so much has given, my life without you would be no life.”

Network users are in shock at what happened and wonder whether the woman was wearing certain clothes.

“It is possible that she had a metal or gold, silver or even a mobile phone, it is possible that it served as a connector or magnetic bridge and that is why lightning struck her, because it would be good (to know in order to) preventive to take measures.” ”said Dickson Galea.

While watching the video, others said that Froilanis was the only one who was “static,” which made them think, “She must have had her cell phone in her hand.”

In El Tiempo, they explained, based on data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, that “about 10% of people struck by lightning die, usually as a result of a heart attack.”

About 10% of lightning victims die and 70% suffer serious long-term consequences.

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In networks there are also words of regret and solidarity with the family of the Venezuelan woman, especially for her children. “God bless her,” Blanca Beltrán asked. (JO)