A man in his forties at Clearwater Beach, about 50 minutes from Tampa, was "directly hit by lightning" on Sunday afternoon and went into cardiac arrest, according to Joelle Castelli, director of public communications for the city. from Tampa. Clearwater City.
Castelli said three other people were transported to a Clearwater hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and another person was taken to a Tampa hospital with burns. She added that three other patients with minor injuries refused to be transported to the hospital.
Mr. Castelli told Fox News that all those affected by the lighting were on the beach, behind a seafood restaurant called "Frenchy's Rockaway Grill", around 12:45.
She said about fifteen minutes in advance that the Clearwater rescuers have all left their mission "because of bad weather".
Castelli reminded beach lovers to take shelter and go to a safe place in the presence of lightning and thunder.
