The police in Germany said 35 people were taken to the hospital after lightning struck a children’s soccer match on Saturday afternoon in western Germany. Another group of people at a children’s soccer match in western Germany were also hit by lightning on Saturday afternoon, leaving three adults seriously injured. The game had just ended when lightning struck about 2 p.m., a police spokesman, Dominik Lentz, told the German news channel n-tv. Three adults were seriously injured in the strike in Hoppstädten, about 75 miles southwest of Frankfurt. “He saw who was the most seriously injured,” Mr. Moulin said.

Source: New York Times May 28, 2016 22:30 UTC