8 injured after a lightning strike on a Florida beach: one received a direct hit
One person is in critical condition, and seven others were injured due to a lightning strike on a Florida beach, writes Fox News.
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The incident occurred on Sunday, July 21, near 12: 45.
According to Joel Castelli, director of public relations for the city of Clearwater, one person aged 40 years, who was on the city beach, about 50 minutes from Tampa, "received a direct lightning strike" on Sunday afternoon. Because of this, the victim experienced a temporary cardiac arrest. According to Castelli, a man is in critical condition.
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She added that three more people in Clearwater were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Another person went to the Tampa hospital with burns. Three other patients with minor injuries refused to go to the hospital.
Castelli told Fox News that all the people affected by the lightning strike were near a seafood beach restaurant called "Rockyay Grill".
Fifteen minutes after noon, all the lifeguards on Clearwater Beach left their towers "due to bad weather." Beach lovers were reminded to hide in a safe place.
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