A man has died after a bolt of lightning struck a tree at a beer garden outside of the southwestern Germany city of Stuttgart, also leaving two people with injuries.
The 35-year-old man succumbed to his injuries on Sunday after he, an 11-year-old child and a 43-year-old woman were struck by lightning when sitting at a table under a tree on Saturday afternoon, police said.
Paramedics tended to the injured before they were taken to hospital. A rescue helicopter flew the boy to a hospital. He was now somewhat better, a spokesman said on Sunday afternoon.
The 43-year-old woman was injured in the incident in the community of Unterensingen, and remains in critical condition, police say.
Her children - a four-year-old boy and a girl just under 11 months old - suffered shock. They were in a bicycle trailer when the lightning struck.
Police said about 15 people had sought shelter in a barn when the thunderstorm hit.
Australian Associated Press
