New Jersey man struck by lightning, revived on Wednesday
Thunderstorms moved through the Northeast on Wednesday. The NWS only placed the area in a low risk for widespread hazardous weather, but one lightning strike was all it took to injure one town employee.
Caught on camera: New Jersey man struck by lightning
This doorbell video from Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, shows the moment a man striping a nearby soccer field was hit by lightning. Take a look to the left of the row of homes. Emergency crews revived him.
WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, N.J. – A town employee was miraculously revived after being struck by lightning in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, on Wednesday afternoon.
According to authorities, the victim, Eric Baumgartner, was adding lines to a practice soccer field near Iselin Middle School at around noon when he was struck by lightning.
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A doorbell camera caught the lightning strike that injured a man.
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Police responded to the scene, and Officer Robert McPartland immediately gave CPR to Baumgartner. Initially, Baumgartner did not have a pulse, but thanks to McPartland's intervention, he was revived.
Baumgartner was immediately taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital and is said to be alert and aware and has been talking to first responders.