BROOKLYN
A 54-year-old man was critically injured when a bolt of lightning zapped him on a Brooklyn street yesterday, Fire Department officials said, according to the Daily News.
The unidentified man was walking under some trees in the median of Eastern Parkway near Bedford Ave. in Crown Heights during a rainstorm when he was struck by the fiery bolt, officials and a witness said.
"When the lightning struck, I saw the man fall," said eyewitness Andrea Brown, 47, of the 9p.m. accident.
"His feet were smoking and he was bleeding from the mouth," said Brown, who saw the horrific sight from her home. "It was terrifying."
Responders frantically pumped the man's chest to try to revive him. "You could smell burning flesh," said Lt. Joe Cengiz of EMS Station 38. "His heart stopped."
That's when paramedics Jing Kong, 30, and Stephen Tortoriello, 28, got the man into an ambulance and jolted him back to life.
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