Woman dies after lightning bolt explodes tree in town near Sydney One woman killed and another taken to hospital with injuries to hands and face, paramedics say.
New South Wales Ambulance said one woman had been fatally injured by shrapnel from the tree and a second taken to Liverpool hospital with injuries to her hands and face.
The injured woman was taken to hospital in a serious condition, accompanied by a medical team on the ambulance.
A second woman in her 40s was taken to hospital in a serious condition after the strike during a storm on Saturday afternoon.
A woman has died after being hit by debris from a tree which exploded when struck by lightning in a town south-west of Sydney.
