In the city of Liberets in the Czech Republic, where the holiday was held, dedicated to the Day of Protection of Children, on June 2, there was an unpleasant event: lightning hit an oak, under which about twenty people leaned away from the rain. Among the victims are 20 people, including 10 children aged 2 to 16 years.
Although the oak remained whole and did not fall on the branches, doctors recorded heart rate, mild burns and neurological injuries in some victims.
Ten children and seventeen adults were taken to hospitals in Libers and the neighboring city of Yablonets-Nizou. One person was transported by a helicopter to a hospital in Prague. Several victims had to be resuscitated at the scene of the incident.
Eyewitnesses of the event described the loud sound of the blow, after which the people who were under the tree fell to the ground. The incident provoked panic among those present at the holiday, which was promptly stopped and dismantled by the organizers of the event.
"It was a terrible blow," one of the eyewitnesses said, emphasizing that this event had put an end to the celebration.
