Dylan Standfast, 29, Identified as Mount Etna Lightning Victim
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Updated · KAKE · Aug 18
Dylan Standfast, 29, Identified as Mount Etna Lightning Victim
3 articles · Updated · KAKE · Aug 18
Summary
Dylan Standfast, a 29-year-old from Wichita, Kansas, was identified as the tourist killed after a lightning strike on Sicily’s Mount Etna on Sunday evening.
Rescue crews reached him by helicopter around 8 p.m. in an exposed, barren area of the volcano and found him in serious condition before medical personnel later declared him dead.
The strike happened during a hike on Etna, where authorities had closed parts of the mountain because of ongoing volcanic activity.
The death adds to the hazards on Europe’s most active volcano, where lava continues to flow and lightning has proved deadlier to visitors than eruptions in some incidents.