Three people were killed and at least five were injured during a lightning storm in the Moscow region. With preliminary data “Tape.ru” informed a source in law enforcement bodies.
According to him, the result of thunderstorms and squally wind on the territory of New Moscow in the village of Larino around 15:30, lightning struck a group of workers. 42-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan died on the spot, his partner, 49-year-old citizen of Tajikistan brought to the emergency room in critical condition, where he died.
In addition, around 14:00 in Dmitrov, a lightning strike killed a 33-year-old man. Arriving paramedics pronounced him dead.
In Moscow while it is known about three victims: Mironovskaya street, a gust of wind knocked a tree on the 50-year-old woman, she was hospitalized with a broken arm. Two people, a man and a woman injured by a falling tree, was taken to the hospital from the street Main alley — they have numerous bruises.
In the Suburban Ramenskoye tree crushed two women, 58 and 69 years. Both with numerous injuries and spinal cord injuries admitted to hospital.
The Source “Tape.ru” stressed that these are preliminary figures and they may vary. It is not excluded that part of the injury is not related to weather. So, initially it was reported a tree fell on a car in the Signal passage by the deaths of the driver of the car, but arrived on the scene, state car inspectors have established that the accident occurred, is not associated with the weather, but man alive.