Teenager struck by lightning in Adelaide
A teenage footballer is fighting for his life after being struck by lightning in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs.
The 17-year-old was struck while training with Pembroke’s First 18 football team at an oval at Kensington Park, The Parade.
He then went into cardiac arrest as he lay on the oval.
The boy was taken by ambulance to hospital where he remains in a critical condition, but his condition is improving.
He is now able to breathe on his own and hospital staff are using ice to lower his body temperature.
Emergency crews at the scene told 7News they have never seen an incident where someone had been directly hit by lightning.
Witnesses said there was no warning before the lightning strike hit.
Thunder storms swept across the state today, causing flash flooding in some parts of the Barossa Valley and Adelaide Hills with up to 40mm falling in some areas.
