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Lightning injures six people in Germany

The victims are from one family

Снимка: БГНЕС

Six people from one family were injured by lightning in a park in the northern German city of Delmenhorst, west of Bremen. Two of the injured are in critical condition.

This is what a police spokesman said yesterday, DPA reported, quoted by BTA.

The family – an adult and five children and teenagers, was sitting under a tree in the city park “Graftwiesen” when it was struck by lightning yesterday afternoon.

During the rescue operation, a child and a teenager were resuscitated. All six members of the family were taken to hospital.