Lightning hit a group of students in Japan on Thursday. According to local media, the incident occurred during the training of the school football team. Six students went to the hospital, and two boys are in a serious condition.
On Thursday, the rainfall was passing over south-east Japan. It rained, among others In the city of Nara located 20 kilometers from Kyoto. However, the rain was so weak that it did not prevent the sports club at the local junior high school and high school. Teens played baseball and outdoor football.
Warnings were in force
According to local media, just before 6pm there was a sudden weather breakdown. She started storm With lightning – one of them hit a group of students staying on the pitch.
According to the prefecture police, five junior high school students and one high school student were taken to the hospital. Two people were unconscious, and one of the students was arrested. As the doctors passed, four teenagers were injured, but two 14-year-old boys are in a critical condition and are unconscious.
As the coach of the school team explained, the weather changed so quickly that employees did not have time to stop training. Local media, however, noticed that on Thursday in the prefecture there was a warning against a storm.
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