Fate of the rock festival? For the second year in a row lightning dazzled participants. This time, as many as 82 people – News Gazeta.pl

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82 people were injured Friday night after being hit by lightning during the festival Rock am Ring in western Germany. Previously we reported that suffered 51 participants of the event. 15 people are in serious condition and two have been successfully reconsidered – said on Saturday, local police said.

The organizers decided to discontinue the afternoon concert. Probably will not take place or last, Sunday part of the festival. – We must do everything possible to avoid further victims – said the Minister of Internal Affairs of Rhineland-Palatinate Roger Lewentz.

Participants of the concert, which was held on the tarmac Mendig, west of Koblenz (Land of Rhineland- Palatinate), he surprised by an abrupt thunderstorm in the evening. Musical event, which involved 90 thousand. fans rock musician, was interrupted for half an hour. Downpour destroyed part of the tents in which the participants spent the night of the festival. The area turned into a quagmire.

During the last year’s edition of the festival, after the concert, Marilyn Manson, lightning injured 33 people.

This year’s Rock am Ring will last until Sunday. The program includes concerts, among others, Black Sabbath, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tenacious D, Panic at the Disco, Rudimental.

The festival publishes on its Facebook weather forecast for participants:

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