Horror when the groom-to-be is struck by lightning and killed at the engagement photoshoot with the fiancee

A GROOM-TO-BE has died after being struck by lightning while posing for engagement photos at a popular tourist spot.

The tragedy happened in China’s Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Yunnan Province on Wednesday.

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The man, dubbed Ruan by local media, was struck by lightning during a wedding photoshoot with his fiancee on Spruce Meadow, a popular vantage point.

Emergency services rushed to the scene and took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the South China Morning Post reported.

Despite the thunderstorm, the couple decided to go ahead with the planned photo shoot.

The local weather agency had issued a yellow thunder and lightning alert, the third highest among China’s four-tier warning system, about half an hour before the lightning struck.

Those who stood near the victim were unharmed.

Footage shows the rescue crew carrying the man on a stretcher in heavy rain.

Earlier this week, a British mother was fighting for her life after being struck by lightning on a beach in Croatia in front of her daughter.

The 48-year-old is in critical condition after being hit while sunbathing with her daughter on a beach near the southern city of Split.

And in June, a woman and her two dogs were killed by lightning in Southern California.

The woman was walking her dogs on a bike path in Pico Rivera around 9 a.m. at the time of the incident.

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