Lightning strike teenager dies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8127535.stm Version 0 of 1. A teenager struck by lightning while sheltering under a tree during a storm has died in hospital. Mohammed Junaid Hussain had been playing cricket in Small Heath Park in Birmingham on Saturday afternoon with five friends when the storm started. The 17-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest and serious burns. Another boy suffered convulsions consistent with an electric shock, experts said. All five boys, who are aged 16 or 17, remain in hospital. |