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Hollywood Man Struck By Lightning

80-Year-Old Survives Being Hit

POSTED: 5:04 PM EDT September 23, 2003

An elderly man is in a hospital after being struck by lightning Tuesday afternoon.

Hollywood Fire Rescue workers said that they were called to a home on Johnson Street near 76 Terrace and found an 80-year-old man with injuries caused by a lightning strike.

The man reportedly has burns on his chest and hands.

Paramedics transported the man to Memorial Regional Hospital.

There was no word on his condition late Tuesday afternoon.

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