A young man was admitted to the intensive care unit
A young man was admitted to the intensive care unit after being struck by lightning in the Komi Republic.
Consensus
- A 19-year-old man was struck by lightning in the village of Pozhnya, Sosнogorsk District, in the Komi Republic.
- The incident occurred during a thunderstorm.
- The man was on a bridge at the time of the lightning strike.
- He sustained serious burns but remained alive.
- His friends called for adult help and contacted emergency services.
- He was hospitalized and later transferred from intensive care to a regular hospital ward.
- His condition is stable and his life is not in danger.
Points of divergence
- The man was in the intensive care unit and later moved to a regular ward; his life is not threatened. — riamo
- The man's condition is stable, as reported by Shot. — vm
- Earlier, during a lightning strike at the international airport in Valencia, Venezuela, at least 9 people were injured. — riamo
- In June, a lightning strike near a football field in Severnoye Butovo, Moscow, injured a group of teenagers; one fell and experienced sudden eye pain. In another incident, a girl in Podrezovo, Moscow Oblast, was struck while hiding under a tree and suffered a third-degree burn on the chest and arrhythmogenic shock. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- In Komi, a student ended up in the intensive care unit after being struck by lightning — РИАМО
- Young man ends up in intensive care after lightning strike in Komi — Вечерняя Москва