Report: Man hit by lightning at Brandon Sam's Club
BRANDON -- Paramedics took a 61-year-old man to Tampa General Hospital today after he was struck by lightning about noon outside Sam's Club at Highway 60 and Gornto Lake Drive.
His identity and condition have not yet been released.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crews found the man sitting in a chair inside Sam's Club. He told them he left the store with his wife and was headed to his truck when lightning struck.
He said it was like being hit on a football fied.
He was was listed in good condition on arrival at TGH.
-- Times staff report
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The Grace of God at work.....may he have a speedy recovery.
Posted by: Cindy | Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 12:18 PM