‘Taken way too soon’: Tributes for woman killed by lightning strike

Email A southwest Sydney cat grooming business owner, who died when a “freak bolt” of lightning shattered a tree on her property, has been remembered as a “beautiful mother” and a “fabulous person taken way too soon”.

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