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

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A woman has died after being hit by debris from a tree which exploded when it was struck by lightning in a town south-west of Sydney on Saturday afternoon.

Paramedics and a medical team rushed to the address in Cawdor about 5.30pm Saturday. New South Wales Ambulance said one woman had been fatally injured by shrapnel from the tree.