A man was struck by lightning while mowing a lawn in Cooper City Saturday afternoon.
Broward Sheriff's Office Fire Rescue responded to the scene on the 5000 block of SW 114th Avenue after a report of a lightning strike hitting a landscaper. The 26-year-old victim was riding a lawn mower when the bolt struck. Four other landscapers reported seeing their co-worker fall off the lawn mower after the strike.
The man was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital as a trauma patient. Fire Rescue said no burn marks were seen on the victim. The man was semi-conscious when they arrived on the scene, but was fully conscious by the time they transported him to the hospital.
