One person was killed and two others injured in lightning strike at a music festival Alfa Future People, which took place in Balakhna district of Nizhny Novgorod region. On Sunday, July 24, reports TASS with reference to the press service of EMERCOM in the region.
“The information about the incident was received today at 16:45”, — said the Agency. How notes portal “Open Bottom”, the incident occurred when the event almost came to an end, a crowd of thousands of guests began to disperse”.
“From a lightning strike killed one man near the turnstiles. Another victim, girl just went camping and it was struck by lightning. Another man was taken to the emergency room,” — said one of the witnesses to the portal Progorodnn.ru.
According to “Interfax”, two women suffered — one of them 23 years, the second — born in 1986. They were hospitalized. “According to preliminary data, they came from Norilsk and Moscow”, — said the source Agency in law enforcement.
Festival of electronic music and technology Alfa Future people was held near the settlement of bol’shoye Kozino, from 22 to 24 July. On the first day it was visited by over 40 thousand people. The safety of citizens and public order was provided by 395 employees of bodies of internal Affairs, 250 special forces soldiers and 195 employees of private security organizations.
