In the Sverdlovsk region are checking into the death of a five year old boy from a lightning strike in Scilla, where the child and two accompanying adults took refuge from the storm. This was reported on the website of the regional Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) on Monday, July 24.
“The women who were with him, were caused by ambulance, after which they carried the boy off the road stopped a passing car and went to the side of Pervouralsk”, — stated in the text. On the way they met the ambulance. Doctors were unable to save the child.
The incident occurred on Saturday, July 22, not far from the route Pervouralsk — Shalya, where adults with a child was collecting mushrooms.
To determine the exact cause of death is appointed is judicial-medical examination.
In April 2016 from a lightning strike killed 11-year-old girl in the Astrakhan region. The girl helped grandma and grandpa herded sheep in the rain.