One man died and another was severely injured by lightning early on Sunday morning during an endurance race on Mt. Falakro in northern Greece's region of Drama.

The race was organized by the mountain climbing association of Nevrokopi. It began at 19:00 on Saturday at Pyrgi, in Prosotsani, which lies at the feet of Mt. Falakro. The Six Peaks night race involved 55 runners from Greece who had to cover 36.7km through the six highest peaks of the mountain within 12 hours and end at the Ski Center refuge. The weather was good when they started out but it changed around 04:00 with strong rain and a lot of lightning. 

Deputy Regional Director of Drama Region Grigoris Papaemmanouil told Athens-Macedonian News Agency that some of the runners had already concluded the race and some had stopped, but the group that was struck by lightning was near the finish line.

Fourteen firefighters with five trucks were involved in the two men's evacuation. One man, 55, had lost consciousness and the other, 56, was severely injured. They were both transported by helicopter to Chryssoupoli and from there to Kavala Hospital, where the 55-year-old was confirmed dead.