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On Tuesday night there were several lightning strikes in Abtwil during a thunderstorm. Several people were injured on a sports field. On the other hand, a lightning bolt in a house was slightly shot.
(rms / right / end) On Tuesday night, lightning struck the Spiserwis sports ground in Abtwil. “Several people were injured, a soccer player had to be hospitalized,” says Hanspeter Krüsi, media spokesman for the St. Gallen cantonal police, when asked. The exact course of the accident is currently being clarified.
According to Krüsi, a youth match took place between FC Abtwil-Engelburg and FC Münsterlingen. Currently the teams are being taken care of.
In addition to the police, three fire engines, Rega and two ambulances were transferred to Abtwil. Traffic was only slightly restricted due to the incident, so Krüsi continued.
Several players were injured by a lightning strike on the Spiserwis sports field.
Lightning strikes the house too
The lightning bolt on the sports field is not the only one that night. The fire brigade also had to move because of a house fire at the Ausserdorf Abtwil bus stop. “There were no injuries in this incident,” confirms Hanspeter Krüsi. There was only material damage to the roof.
A second lightning bolt struck a house.
Not the first incident: lightning in Sirnach nine years ago
It is not the first time that lightning has struck a sports field in eastern Switzerland. In the spring of 2011 there was a thunderbolt in the second league football match between FC Sirnach-Stella and FC Weesen. Sirnach’s field was wet from rain at the time of the accident. No one was directly hit by lightning. A total of seven people were thrown to the ground by the force of the lightning: two players from each team, the referee and two ball boys. Three victims had to be taken to the hospital for control. The match was stopped immediately after the lightning strike when the score was 2: 1 for the guest.
As a result, there were accusations from Weesen’s visiting club. According to the club, the game could have continued without problems. Suddenly, however, the local club players complained of problems and were apparently unable to play anymore, although nothing was noticeable at the time of the lightning strike. For his part, Sirnach responded to the allegations and claimed that a player from the home team had been driven to the clubhouse after the lightning strike and collapsed with a headache and nausea.
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