COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Two Norwegian teenage sisters were killed when struck by lightning during a hike in the southern Norway mountains, authorities said Monday.
A third person, a sister to the pair, was seriously injured and was hospitalized.The sisters, identified as Benedicte Myrset, 18, and 12-year-old Victoria Myrset from Oslo, were hit by lightning in the mountainous area of Hareid Sunday.
They were on the Melshorn mountain, a popular destination, when the accident happened.Officials in Hareid said a third person, also a sister in the same family but who was not named, was injured and taken to a nearby hospital.