Sunday, May 9, 2010

Lightning Kills 1 Man, Injures 3

According to courant.com, a 29-year-old man from Stamford was killed and three men were injured by a lightning strike that happened at a Bridgeport park. The men were fishing at this park when the lightning struck. The 29-year-old man from Stamford was Romeo Briscoe, who died at Bridgeport Hospital according to a nursing supervisor. Briscoe had traumatic injuries to his head and body because of the lightning. Out of the three injured men, two were in stable condition on Saturday evening at the hospital. The four men involved in the lightning strike were fishing off a pier at West Beach in Seaside Park when the thunderstorms came to the beach and struck all of the men. The firefighters who were called to the scene went into the water to get Briscoe and two of the other men. The four men were then taken to the hospital.

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