**Athagarh/Puri/Bhubaneswar:** Close on the heels of 18 persons killed in lightning on Sunday across Odisha, the killer thunderbolt also claimed 3 more lives in the state on Monday.\
Kadalibad village near Banki, Dorad village near Athagad, Manikapur village near Dhenkanal and Arapata village near Baripada’s Badasahi witnessed one death each.
In Tentalapur under Nischintakoili Block, in Cuttack district a couple was struck by lightning. The husband lost his life while his wife was critically injured.
In the outskirts of the state capital, a young woman was killed in Jayapur Patna near Dhauli area while one death was reported from Andharua village.
In Astaranga town in Puri district, one old man died while 2 others were injured.
In a similar incident, a teacher from Jualibhanga School was struck by lightning in Tainsar village near Deogarh while a teen ager died in Khurdha’s Jhinkijhari village.
Meanwhile, as many as 8 students were admitted in Athagad Hospital as thunderbolt struck their school. The students were attending their class in Rasarasikapur UGME School when their school came in contact with lightning.