Agra/Lucknow/Meerut:, May 3 -- Lightning claimed three lives in Firozabad and killed one person in Etah district as rain and strong winds lashed the Braj region of western Uttar Pradesh and some other areas of the state on Friday.

Those who died included two men in Kutubpur area under the Nasirpur police station limits and another man at Pawrai village under the Eka police station limits in Firozabad. A teenage girl died in Etah.

A tree fell on a school van in Firozabad's Matsena area. While the students were rescued promptly by breaking the windows of the vehicle, it took a long time to bring the driver out. Electricity supply was affected because of heavy rain and strong winds in Firozabad.

Trees and hoardings were uprooted in Agra w...