Hollywood Man Struck By Lightning
80-Year-Old Survives Being Hit
POSTED: 5:04 PM EDT September 23, 2003
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- 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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