Lightning strike kills one man, severely injures another during nighttime race in northern Greece
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One man died and another was severely injured by a lightning strike early Sunday morning during a nighttime endurance race along six peaks of the Falakro mountain range, in the northern Greece prefecture of Drama.
The victim was a 55-year-old man, while the injured man, 56, is being treated in critical condition. According to reports, the lightning strike hit them as they approached the finish line of the 34-km race.
The injured man was evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in the city of Kavala.
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