Rhodes death: Man 'struck by lightning while paddleboarding'

A British antheral has died aft being reportedly struck by lightning portion paddleboarding successful Greece.

Local media said the man, who was from Liverpool, was struck portion successful the oversea astatine Agia Agathi connected Rhodes connected Tuesday.

A typical for the Port Authority of Rhodes said the antheral was 26, but could not supply further details owed to the "active" quality of the case.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it was supporting his household and was successful interaction with section authorities.

The Press Association said Greek paper Rodiaki reported that lightning struck the h2o adjacent the antheral soon earlier 13:30 section clip connected Tuesday, causing him to autumn into the water.

The paper said the man's woman was filming him from the formation astatine the time.

It added that a passer-by, who it named arsenic a section footballer, pulled the antheral backmost to enactment and helium was taken to a section hospital, but was aboriginal pronounced dead.