A lightning bolt strikes a security guard in Indonesia in a breathtaking scene, but he miraculously survives

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2021/12/27

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - Surveillance cameras in an industrial complex in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, documented a video clip of the moment a thirty-year-old security guard was hit by a lightning bolt that exploded in a frightening scene.

 

 

The clip shows the security guard walking with an umbrella in his hand amid light rain in the area, and after about 15 seconds of the clip, an explosion and a spark can be seen in the same place he walked, then the footage shows him lying on the ground, and he tried to get up but could not, even His colleagues ran to his rescue and took him to the hospital for treatment.

 

It quoted police and official sources as saying that the injured stayed in the hospital for 4 days, before leaving for his home after recovering from burns on his hands.

 

It is believed that the guard's walkie-talkie, which he held in his hands, attracted the electrical discharge that occurs in lightning.

 

It is noteworthy that lightning is one of the main causes of weather-related deaths, and there are about 240,000 lightning strikes annually in the world, and about 2,000 people are killed annually by lightning worldwide.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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