2023-08-13 19:23:58
A 35-year-old man succumbed to his serious injuries after lightning struck a tree near Stuttgart. He died in the hospital on Sunday, as the Reutlingen police headquarters announced in the early evening.
The man was critically injured on Saturday afternoon when he was sitting with other people at a beer table set under the tree at a tourist restaurant in the municipality of Unterensingen in the Esslingen district. An 11-year-old boy and a 43-year-old woman also suffered life-threatening injuries in the incident. As the police announced on Sunday evening, the woman is still in mortal danger and is being treated in intensive care. The 11-year-old is in hospital.
In addition, according to the announcement, a 40-year-old woman was injured in the incident in the municipality of Unterensingen, but not life-threateningly. Her children – a four-year-old boy and a girl aged almost eleven months – suffered a shock. According to the police, they were in a bicycle trailer when the lightning struck.
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The rescue service was on site with a large contingent, including four emergency doctors. An emergency aftercare service was deployed to look after the first responders and eyewitnesses. According to the police, around 15 people had sought shelter in a barn when the thunderstorm blew up.
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The Federal Working Group (BAG) for more safety for children advises to seek shelter in a building or a closed car during thunderstorms. Outdoors you should look for a flat spot or, even better, a deepening. “Squat down, feet close together, arms around knees.”
Storms swept across Baden-Württemberg on Saturday and caused local problems. In Mannheim, the organizers canceled the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade an hour earlier than planned. Dennis Sommer from the demo line explained that there was thunder and lightning. “Safety comes first.” Thousands of people were affected. There were also several firefighting operations in the southwest.
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