A mum suffered injuries which led to her death after she was struck by lightning whilst holidaying in Croatia with her two children in "a desperately sad case", an inquest in Nottingham was told. The freak lightning strike was thought to have entered through Daniella DiMambro's right ear.
She suffered an "out of hospital cardiac arrest", secondary to having been struck by lightning, said senior coroner for Nottingahmshire, Mairin Casey. A bystander gave CPR but sadly Daniella suffered hypoxic brain injuries (brain injuries that form due to a restriction on the oxygen being supplied to the brain).
She was taken to hospital in Croatia, then managed in intensive care. She was later repatriated to the UK but died from the brain injuries.
