A 26-year-old British man has died after reportedly being struck by lightning while paddleboarding in Greece as his girlfriend filmed from the beach.
The tragic incident reportedly happened on Monday afternoon in the Agia Agathi area of Rhodes, the largest of the the country's Dodecanese islands., emergency services dashed to the scene and took him ashore, before frantically trying to save his life.
Lightning reportedly hit the water near to the victim shortly before 1.30pm local time, which caused him to fall into the water injured. "The EKAV rescuers arrived shortly afterwards and performed all the resuscitation procedures to keep him alive. Unfortunately, I found out a little later that he didn't make it."
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