Boy Struck by Lightning | Personal Injury LawyersA 13 year old in Lake Isabella, California is in stable condition after being struck by lightning while riding his bike.  Neighbors in the area claimed to hear a loud boom and instantly a child started screaming.  Neighbors didn’t actually see the lightning hit the boy, but told investigators that the bolt hit right at the time he was passing by on his bike. 

Witnesses said that after being struck the boy got up and walked around the corner and back to his house where paramedics were called and responded to the incident.  The boy is reported to be okay and is recovering quite nicely.  Fortunately, the boy did not suffer from any brain damage, lung damage, or anything like that.

Debbie Santiago, with the Bureau of Land Management, said that during the storm, "the area was hit by 3,000 lightning strikes."  This storm that hit Simmons was reported to have also caused six wildfires.  Luckily these wild fires have been contained because of the rain, which has made the firefighter’s jobs much easier.  With that many lightning strikes, it’s a miracle that no one else was injured.  Thankfully, this young boy was not seriously hurt, and can continue to ride his bicycle.

Just last week two boys were not that lucky.  The boys were out playing little league baseball in Spotsylvania County, VA. Apparently the umpire had stopped the game because of the storm but the boys were playing catch in the field under the supervision of their parents; when they were struck by lightning.  The one child was struck and the charge transferred to the other boy.  Two nurses who were at the game, immediately attended to the boys, before they were taken to the hospital.  One was pronounced dead, and the other is in grave condition.

Another boy in Oregon was hit by lightning after the electricity went off in the school and he went outside to take a look.  Ignoring the warnings from his friends he went to the parking lot where he was struck.  The boy does not remember the incident, but woke up to blurry vision in his right eye, hearing loss in his left ear, scorch marks on the right side of his face and down his right ankle and leg, all of which are improving.  Doctors say the boy is lucky to be alive after the incident, and he is expected to make a complete recovery.

Both parents and children need to take storms seriously.  Granted the odds of being hit are very low, but everyone should seek shelter when there is a lightning storm.  As these cases show, people die and are seriously injured each year by lightning.  Most cases could easily have been prevented.  Even though the weather might mess up your plans, seek shelter and then finish the interrupted activity once the weather has subsided.  No activity is worth serious injury or death.