A woman was struck by lightning on Sunday morning at a campsite on the island of Krk, after which she was urgently airlifted to the Rijeka University Hospital Centre (KBC Rijeka) and admitted to intensive care, the Rijeka Danas portal reported.
The emergency medical service received the report at approximately 7.10am. Officials from the Rijeka University Hospital Centre confirmed that the patient was admitted to the Emergency Department. "After initial treatment, the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit, where all necessary procedures are being carried out," the hospital stated.
According to 24sata, citing a reader's account, the woman was holding an umbrella at the time of the strike, and a rescuer who happened to be nearby performed resuscitation.
No further official information regarding the patient's condition has been released, and the circumstances surrounding the lightning strike are still under investigation.
The severe weather also hit neighbouring Lošinj earlier that morning. According to Morski.hr, lightning sparked a forest fire between Veliki Lošinj and Sv. Ivan hill, which was quickly tackled by Lošinj firefighters, while a squall passed through the island's campsites at dawn.
