Lightning strikes Rock am Ring festival, 33 hospitalized
33 people have been hospitalized after lightning struck twice Saturday at Rock am Ring, the German music festival headlined by Foo Fighters and Slipknot. [Photo cred: Andy Hughes]
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Eight festival workers and 25 attendees were admitted to the hospital on the morning of Saturday, June 6. All are in “good health,” according to a report from BBC News. Rhineland-Palatinate police confirmed that lightning struck in the Rock am RIng festival camp grounds where show-goes are able to camp out between the days of the festival.
Foo Fighters are set to close out the festival tonight, Sunday, June 7.