Lightning strike throws man to ground in Antrim, New Hampshire
ANTRIM, N.H. - A man was thrown to the ground during a lightning strike in southern New Hampshire.
According to the Antrim Fire Department, the man in his 30's was standing in his garage just before 7 p.m. Friday when lighting hit outside. The bolt surged into the garage and knocked him down.
An ambulance was called because the man had a "rapid heart rate and high blood pressure which was not baseline for him," Fire Chief Marshall Gale said in a statement Saturday. However, the man refused to go to the hospital.
Gale said there were three lightning strikes in the area within a half-hour during the storms Friday.
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