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Another one struck by lightning

July 24th, 2006        

Shocking news, another boy hit by lightning through electronic devices, but this time is not iPod by a PC mouse. Eddie Wilkerson 17 year old boy was trying to register for an online poker tournament got struck lightning through his PC mouse and up his right arm. Wilkerson said that he heard the lightning and saw a flash and he felt a jolt go up his right arm and through his body, rendering him motionless. A few minutes later, he manages to phone his mother for help and was sent to the hospital. He will need physical therapy to regain the complete use of his arm. The teen had been warned about using the computer during a thunderstorm.

[via northcountrygazette]

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