Posted on 08/13/2016 9:34:30 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
Emergency personnel put an unidentified victim possibly injured in a lightning strike onto a stretcher in Mansion Square Park in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. A city official says five people have been sent to hospitals with serious injuries after a powerful thunderstorm hit a Poughkeepsie park. (Alex Wagner/The Journal via AP)
The 50-year-old man succumbed to his injuries around 1 a.m. Saturday at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, according to Tim Massie, a senior vice president at hospital operator Health Quest. The victim’s name wasn’t immediately released as the hospital and authorities worked to locate his family.
The victims, ranging in age from 46 to 55, were gathered around a bench at Mansion Square Park in Poughkeepsie when a fast-moving thunderstorm hit around 4 p.m. Friday, city police said.
Emergency responders found three people unresponsive, two others conscious but injured, and some belongings on fire.
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I responded to an unfortunate man who took shelter from a thunderstorm under a tree - exactly what you are not supposed to do. The lightning bold struck him in the right temple and exited his right foot. The hole in his temple and the ground under his right foot were still smoking when I arrived. My first thought was that this guy was REALLY dead.
That’s how Stevie Nicks sings, like the Coroner Munchkin.
I’ll take your word for that. I have no idea what a Stevie Nicks is.
Oh dude. . .you weren’t around in the 80’s or toking too much Mary Jane. . . ?
;-)
Not only was he really and sincerely dead, he was ABSOLUTELY dead.
And no Munchkin could have saved him.
I once knew a chick that had been hit by lightning TWICE and lived through it.
I’d keep a good deal of distance from her in the event of a thunderstorm.
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