Jesus Christ! 'Boy hurt in park lightning strike'

brummytom

A 16-year-old boy suffered a cardiac arrest and five others were hurt in a lightning strike in a Birmingham park. The teenager is in a critical but stable condition following the incident in Small Heath Park at 1650 BST, said West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Five other teenagers were also taken to hospital. It is believed three are still in hospital under observation.
A spokeswoman for the ambulance service said it received several 999 calls following the incident........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8122769.stm

:eek: Was down the road at my cousins' when this happened, we heard it strike and thought it had hit a house or tree or something.. not a ****in child :eek:

Anyway, demonstrate your lightning-fast wit.

TheZohanS

brummytom wrote: »

Anyway, demonstrate your lightning-fast wit.

Is it not past your bedtime brummytom? :pac:

Sulmac

That must have been a shock to the system.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

shocking stuff


i hate you whoopsadaisies

IvySlayer

That's shocking that is. Lit my eyes up to ther dangers of lightning, am a bright spark now...yadda yadda you know the rest.

pacman.podge

thunder struck i bet!! huh:D

brummytom

TheZohan wrote: »

Is it not past your bedtime brummytom? :pac:

I have no bedtime. I live by my own rules. No one can tell meeeee what to do.


I have to go now, mother's calling

MagicMarker

get the escalade we're outta here!!

Captain Mords Spiced Bum

Captain Mords Spiced Bum wrote: »

shocking stuff


i hate you whoopsadaisies

haha! i deleted it cos sulmac got in before me :pac:

citizen_p

i think its somthing like if you see the flash .... the thunder has to be 10 seconds behind for you to be safe

Whosbetter?

That's the risk u take when u want God to take your photograph!:D:D:D

Time Magazine

I'd say that fairly rained on his parade.

Small Heath? Probably a Bluenose...

brummytom

The Economist wrote: »

Small Heath? Probably a Bluenose...

One can only hope...

laugh

It was the can of cider that done it.

The_Minister

Wasn't a young boy killed by lightening only a year or so ago?

phill106

The_Minister wrote: »

Wasn't a young boy killed by lightening only a year or so ago?

yep
http://www.examiner.ie/story/ireland/gbaucwaucw/rss2/
doesnt say, but believe he had a metal plate in his arm?

Ghost Train

poor kid probably didn't know what hit him

**Timbuk2**

Maybe he thought that somebody was taking his picture?

tallus

A hospital source described his condition as "crispy"

I hope the flashbacks aren't too bad

ejmaztec

God's version of "Dance Monkey-boy".

Dave!

Those of you cracking jokes make me forking sick :mad:

ejmaztec

Dave! wrote: »

Those of you cracking jokes make me forking sick :mad:

Lighten up will ya.

TheZohanS

Dave! wrote: »

Those of you cracking jokes make me forking sick :mad:

Totally agree Dave!, it's revolting.

ejmaztec

It certainly raises the tone of AH when we discuss current affairs.

Samba

Edit...yeah sickos

TheZohanS

ejmaztec wrote: »

It certainly raises the tone of AH when we discuss current affairs.

Hopefully this is the beginning of a new enlightened phase.

ejmaztec

TheZohan wrote: »

Hopefully this is the beginning of a new enlightened phase.

Yep, there's nothing better than getting lit up, but I'm not too struck on the hangover afterwards.