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Florida: Man Riding Motorcycle Died After Lightning Strike Shattered His Helmet, Causing Crash
www.newsweek.com ^
| 6/10/19 at 4:06 AM EDT
| By Callum Paton
Posted on 06/10/2019 10:33:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
A motorcycle rider in Florida was killed on Sunday when he was struck by lightning while driving on Interstate 95. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported that the motorcyclist from Charlotte, North Carolina suffered the fatal crash after lightning struck his helmet.
Florida Highway Patrol Capt. Kim Montes told reporters that a Virginia State Police trooper had happened to see the accident while on vacation. He told law enforcement that he saw a bolt of lightning strike the man's helmet a second before the deadly crash.
The 45-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:11 p.m. on Sunday. His name has not been released to the public. Montes confirmed there were scorch marks left on the helmet which indicated it had been hit by lightning.
A Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson is cited as describing the helmet as shattered.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society; Sports; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: floridaman; rip; zot; zotted
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To: martin_fierro
Motorcycle ping.....................
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:33:50 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Gary busey would have survived.
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:35:13 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: longfellow
ROFL!!
Is his head still in that helmet??
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:35:55 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
To: Red Badger
I had thought that the rubber on the tires keep the bike from being grounded, making a lightning strike unlikely while in motion.
To: Red Badger
Only in Florida...! LMAO.
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:39:11 AM PDT
by
ssaftler
(The opinions expressed here have not been peer reviewed, fact checked or focus group tested.)
To: Red Badger
OK I don’t know anything about electrical engineering but wouldn’t the rubber tires prevent such a thing from happening?
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:39:31 AM PDT
by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: Dr. Sivana
The Electro magnetic field generated by the wheels might have attracted the bolt. ....or the guy just hadit comin.’
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:41:56 AM PDT
by
semaj
(We are the People)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:43:27 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:43:30 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: NohSpinZone
That is a false notion that has been perpetuated for years. There have been many cars and trucks struck by lightning...................
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:43:50 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Dr. Sivana
Not true. The tires do not protect from a lightning strike.
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:45:17 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Dr. Sivana
Nope.
The metal of the car protects you. Not the tires.
Source
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:45:34 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: PGR88
I don’t know what you posted, but it’s locking up my computer.................
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:47:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
OK, good to know! Thank you for busting that myth for me.
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:48:08 AM PDT
by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: ssaftler
Florida is the lightning capital of the United States. And Central Florida — from Tampa to Titusville — has the added distinction of being called “Lightning Alley.”
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:49:26 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:50:22 AM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:51:16 AM PDT
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: semaj
I’m going to guess that this was a big bike with a large engine and exhaust, or a lot of metal close to the ground. In which case, it was capacitive coupling which did him in.
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:51:48 AM PDT
by
PUGACHEV
To: Red Badger
Fake news. Nobody in Florida wears a helmet.
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posted on
06/10/2019 10:53:51 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(I stand with Trump)
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