Doorbell camera footage has captured the moment a little boy in Shellharbour was struck by lightning, leaving him in a fight for his life. 7NEWS
He was pulled from the water and taken to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
Footage from a house across the road has since emerged, showing a bolt of lightning streak from the sky into the water. “When the ambulance officers arrived they continued to do resuscitation on the young boy and got a heartbeat back and also got his breathing back,” he said on Sunrise.“I turned around, I saw the kid and the parents, they were crying and holding ,” they said.The child has been taken to hospital in a critical condition.The incident came shortly after officials issued a severe thunderstorm alert for the region, warning of giant hail, damaging winds and heavy rainfall.
“We tried to get the helicopter to come from the base over to the beach, however, due to inclement weather at the time, there were lightning strikes, and thunder and sudden downpour of rain, they were unable to do that,” he said.
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