The moment a person was struck by lightning in the USA was captured on video

The moment when a man was struck by lightning on a football field in the US state of New Jersey was captured on video. This was reported by "Zakon.kz" with reference to CBC News. It is reported that the image was recorded on video by the security system. Eric Baumgartner, 39, was on the soccer field in Woodbridge Township when the thunderstorm struck. He wanted to finish his work before the rain started. At that moment, the man was struck by lightning, police officer McPartland witnessed the incident. The policeman went to the square after the incident and started massaging the man's heart. "We saw the burn marks on his hands, so we figured out what happened, and we knew he needed to be massaged to get the man's heart working again," McPartland said. He said Baumgartner was slowly recovering after being taken to the hospital by ambulance. During this time, the officers tried to talk to him. According to a friend of the injured man, Baumgartner does not remember anything about the impact. "He could remember being at work and waking up in the ambulance, but he couldn't remember what happened. We hope that he will come back to life," said the victim's friend. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, about 20 people are killed by lightning every year in the country, and hundreds of people are injured. Source: Daryo.uz