He said there had been as many as two storms a day lately around Old Razorback Road, where the lightning struck, but conditions did not appear to be as treacherous on Saturday.
“We’ve had a lot worse lately. We’ve had a lot of lightning,” he said.
“I had just walked back from across the road from my Nan’s with my kids … it kind of just came out of nowhere. People were still putting cars away.”
The two women were sitting outside at the time of the incident.
“Both [women] had been seated about six metres from a large tree, and this had been struck by a lightning bolt, which literally caused the tree to explode, sending debris all over the place,” NSW Ambulance Inspector David Kynaston said.
Kynaston described it as a freak incident and very confronting for the paramedics who attended.
He said young children had also witnessed it.
NSW Police said a report would be prepared for the coroner.
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