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On Tuesday night there were several lightning strikes in Abtwil during a thunderstorm. 14 young people were injured on a sports field. On the other hand, a lightning bolt in a house was slightly shot.
(rms / right / end / rar) On Tuesday night, lightning struck the searchlights at the Spiserwis sports ground in Abtwil. Then he crossed the field and met several players. «14 young people between 15 and 16 years old were injured. They were transferred to various hospitals and remain there for surveillance, ”says Hanspeter Krüsi, media spokesman for the St. Gallen cantonal police, when asked. A soccer player was unconscious, he even had to be transported by Rega. Krüsi cannot provide precise information on the exact state of health. The person suffered a serious injury due to an electric shock. The exact course of the accident is currently being clarified.
According to Krüsi, there was a youth match between FC Abtwil-Engelburg and FC Münsterlingen. The teams are taken care of. Whether the game should have been canceled due to bad weather conditions is currently being investigated in cooperation with the prosecutor. No spectators were injured during the game.
Firefighters, police and paramedics moved to Abtwil with a large contingent. Six ambulances and a care team were summoned. 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 wasn’t 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.
