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| Lightning strike on Pen y Fan in Brecon Beacons kills two men | Lightning strike on Pen y Fan in Brecon Beacons kills two men |
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| Lightning strikes on Pen y Fan on the Brecon Beacons mountain range have killed two men and injured two others. | Lightning strikes on Pen y Fan on the Brecon Beacons mountain range have killed two men and injured two others. |
| The Welsh Ambulance service was alerted to reports that a man had been struck by lightning at around midday on the mountain range in Powys, mid-Wales. | The Welsh Ambulance service was alerted to reports that a man had been struck by lightning at around midday on the mountain range in Powys, mid-Wales. |
| An RAF Sea King helicopter flew the seriously injured men to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, around 20 miles from Cardiff, according to a spokesman from the Welsh Ambulance Service. | An RAF Sea King helicopter flew the seriously injured men to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, around 20 miles from Cardiff, according to a spokesman from the Welsh Ambulance Service. |
| It remains unclear whether the man was in fact struck by lightning as was reported in the original call to the emergency services, the spokesman said. | It remains unclear whether the man was in fact struck by lightning as was reported in the original call to the emergency services, the spokesman said. |
| A spokesperson from Prince Charles Hospital has since announced on its Facebook page that two of those taken to the facility have died. | |
| Two other people also needed treatment after a lightning strike, with one of those receiving specialist care at the burns unit at the Morriston Hospital in Swansea while the other remained at the Prince Charles. | |
| The identities of those involved in the accident remain unclear, however one of the men is believed to be in his fifties, according to Wales Online. | The identities of those involved in the accident remain unclear, however one of the men is believed to be in his fifties, according to Wales Online. |
| Additional reporting by PA |