The incident took place in one of the villages. Two teenagers were tending cows when a storm started. They hid from the rain under a tree that was struck by lightning, a police source told RG.
A 16-year-old boy died at the scene of a discharge, a 15-year-old teenager is in the hospital. Law enforcement officers are investigating the circumstances of the incident.
Earlier, in the Tomsk region, a schoolgirl died from a lightning strike. She was returning home with a friend and his car stopped. As the car was being pushed out of the mud, a girl standing nearby was struck by lightning.
