|
|
Article: Florida blazes trail as lightning-strike capital.
- Article from:
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2007
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 The Orlando Sentinel. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Katie Fretland
Jun. 21--A thunderstorm raged while Trevor Duncan stood in his Montverde garage Tuesday night, talking casually on his cell phone to his brother.
As he watched the rain pouring down through his open garage door, two lightning bolts shot into the car stall and exploded in front of him.
"Right after the light faded from that explosion, I started feeling my body go haywire," Duncan said during a telephone interview Wednesday.
The 19-year-old shook and suffered spasms before he lost consciousness and slumped to the ground.
Duncan is one of more than 40 people injured each year by lightning in Florida, the ...