Vic schoolgirl struck by lightning

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published September 13, 2013

MELBOURNE, Sept 13 - A Victorian teenager has been struck by lightning at school. The 16-year-old from Irymple Secondary College, near ...

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