Lightning Zaps Wheelchair With Man In It
 

Lightning Zaps Wheelchair With Man In It

POSTED: 6:57 am EDT July 10, 2007
UPDATED: 7:06 am EDT July 10, 2007

COLCHESTER, Vt. -- It was a close call for a man in a wheelchair on the Lime Kiln Bridge in Colchester.

Police said the man got caught on the bridge during one of Monday's storms when a bolt of lightning struck. Police said the electricity from the bolt hit the man's electric wheelchair and cut the power to it.

Police said the man was shaken but not hurt.

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