Second Australian dies in Thailandfrom lightning strike
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A second Australian has died from injuries sustained in an apparent lighting strike in north-eastern Thailand yesterday.
Nineteen year old Thomas McGuiness was part of a group of cultural exchange students visiting local waterfalls. He was a teacher's assistant from Perth's Winthrop Baptist College.
He was with a group of about 15 Australians and eight Thais who were on an excursion to the Thad Tone waterfalls about 600 kilometres north-east of Bangkok. Three locals were also killed yesterday.
Local stallowners say people tried to and failed to rescusitate 41 year old Greg Crombie who was just metres from a tree which took the brunt of the lightning strike. Mr Crombie was a teacher leading the trip.
