9 injured at music event in Tochigi Prefecture following lightning strike

A few typos,'inn' should read 'in'.

'Lighting' as 'lightning'.

Get well to all injured.

Moderator: Thanks. The typos have been corrected.

Whoa, ok, they were ALL very, very lucky there. Watching the news, the injuries are mostly temporary numbness in legs, as the nerves got anaesthesied - will probably recover with no aftereffects.

Happy that no one was seriously hurt but was amused by the "temporary numbness and anaesthesied" symptoms considering the time it occurred, 4:20 :).

The nine, who were cleaning staff at the open air concert and aged from their teens to their 20s, complained of numbness in their legs, but their conditions were not life-threatening, the police said.

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I would prefer to hear a medical report from a doctor.

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The strike must have hit near them and electrified the ground, as it is reported "complained of numbness in their legs".

It is good that none were seriously injured.

I went to Morioka fireworks on Saturday night. There was no storms but my legs are sore. Had to park down near Kitakami river and walk 6 km up hill to the venue ( Takamatsu Tamokuteki Hiroba ). The walk back we took a wrong turn and the 6 km down hill end up 9 km, 3 km of that back up hill again. In total 15 km walk. Massive crowd of 10,000 plus and not one incident.

electrified the ground,

No, most likely the extremely high voltage and frequency induced mild currents through their limbs, through the blood vessels and nerves. I don't think they were directly electrocuted, as that usually ends in burns and death.

Was the band playing a certain AC/DC song at the time?