MOSCOW (Sputnik) – According to Germany’s Die Welt newspaper, a total of 42 people were taken to local hospitals on Friday; 8 of them were seriously injured.
Lightning strikes Germany's #RockAmRing festival for the second straight year https://t.co/5fX3CQ430d
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Police, firefighters and the German Red Cross arrived at the festival after the lighting struck. The performance was interrupted for about an hour and a half.
A total of about 90,000 people have arrived for the Rock am Ring music festival, which is being held on June 3-5.