Two young hikers were struck by lightning during a trek in the French Pyrenees on Monday and taken to hospital, one of them after suffering cardiac arrest.
According to a source close to the investigation, one of the victims was a 14-year-old boy who went into cardiac arrest after being hit.
He and the other victim, a 21-year-old man, were both taken to hospital.
The pair were part of a group of about 15 people caught in a thunderstorm at around 15:30 in the commune of Cauterets.
The public prosecutor’s office in Tarbes has opened an investigation.
