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Latest news Three dead in lightning strike in Austria

SDA

16.6.2025 - 10:51

Lightning flashes over the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, while a rainbow is visible over a pasture. +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++
Lightning flashes over the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, while a rainbow is visible over a pasture. +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++
Keystone

Three mountaineers have been killed by a lightning strike in Austria. According to the police, a married couple aged 60 and the woman's 62-year-old brother were on their way to the 2600-metre-high Mittagsspitze in Tyrol on Sunday.

Keystone-SDA

16.06.2025, 10:51

Due to a change in the weather, they decided to return, but did not arrive in the valley. Relatives alerted the authorities. The crew of an emergency helicopter found the trio lifeless near a marked path at an altitude of 2,300 meters. The emergency doctor could only determine that they had died. According to medical reports, all three climbers died as a result of a lightning strike.

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