Several injured in lightning strike at Swedish amusement park
Regional health officials said 10 people were injured, including a woman in her 40s with serious injuries.
- On Sunday, lightning struck a tree at Tosselilla Sommarland amusement park in southern Sweden, injuring several visitors including one seriously.
- The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute issued warnings for thunderstorms across southern Sweden on Sunday. Park management anticipated the storm, clearing pools and rides of all visitors.
- Lightning struck a tree on the site, and a group passing nearby was hit by falling debris. Local health officials later confirmed a 45-year-old woman was hospitalized with "serious injuries."
- Two individuals were transported to hospital by ambulance, while two adults and five children sought medical treatment. Regional health authority Region Skane stated the other victims sustained only minor injuries.
- In a post to Facebook, Tosselilla Sommarland stated, "Today we had a severe thunderstorm over Tosselilla, which led to several lightning strikes directly in the area.
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10 injured by lightning strike at Swedish amusement park
Ten people were injured when lightning struck an amusement park in southern Sweden, according to Swedish media and officials. A woman suffered serious injuries. The lightning struck at Tosselilla Sommarland, a family amusement and water park near Tomelilla, a town in southern Sweden about 40 miles east of Malmö, shortly after the park opened to visitors, according to Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. Regional health officials said a woman in her 40…
Several attractions had been closed in accuracy of thunderstorms but lightning hit a tree
Several people were injured including one seriously when lightning struck a tree on Sunday in an amusement park in Scania in the south...
One person was seriously injured when Tosselilla Sommarland was struck by lightning.
No one was seriously injured in the incident.
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