N.Y. Man Struck By Lightning At Gas Station

Man Knocked Out, Suffered Blistering

POSTED: 10:25 am EDT October 3, 2008

UPDATED: 11:22 am EDT October 3, 2008

 

BARKER, N.Y. -- William Hall got a real shock when he went to fill up his gas tank -- he was hit by a bolt of lightning.

The western New York man was putting gasoline into his pickup truck Wednesday at a Niagara County convenience store when he was struck by lightning.

The bolt knocked out the 44-year-old Hall for a few minutes and caused some blistering, but otherwise he was OK.

His wife was sitting in the truck but wasn't injured.

One of the store's surveillance cameras shows the lightning bolt hitting the parking lot while another shows Hall toppling over next to the gas pump after being struck.

Hall returned to the store Thursday to finish filling up his truck.