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Two boats capsized in western India when the passengers panicked after seeing a bolt of lightning, police said. Twenty-six women drowned.
Rescuers saved four passengers and two crew from the Wainganga River after the accident, said police. Eight other women are missing.
After seeing a massive bolt of lightning, the women -- farm laborers on their way home from work -- panicked and the boats capsized in the chaos.
The accident was in Bhandara, Maharashtra state, about 575 miles northeast of the state capital, Mumbai.
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