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| Five teenagers taken to hospital after a lightning strike had been playing cricket before taking shelter from a storm under a tree, it is thought. | Five teenagers taken to hospital after a lightning strike had been playing cricket before taking shelter from a storm under a tree, it is thought. |
| A 16-year-old boy is in a critical but stable condition after the lightning struck at Small Heath Park in Birmingham during Saturday afternoon. | |
| Medical staff said he had suffered a cardiac arrest. | Medical staff said he had suffered a cardiac arrest. |
| Four more boys were taken to hospital with minor injuries and were kept in overnight for observation. | Four more boys were taken to hospital with minor injuries and were kept in overnight for observation. |
| 'Raining heavily' | 'Raining heavily' |
| Park keeper Vasan Maniam said it had been raining heavily when the lightning struck. | Park keeper Vasan Maniam said it had been raining heavily when the lightning struck. |
| "I think the boys had been playing cricket and then were standing under a tree, sheltering from the rain," he said. | "I think the boys had been playing cricket and then were standing under a tree, sheltering from the rain," he said. |
| "I wasn't there when it happened but when I arrived I saw the emergency services and heard that four or five of the boys had been injured." | "I wasn't there when it happened but when I arrived I saw the emergency services and heard that four or five of the boys had been injured." |
| West Midlands Ambulance Service said it received several 999 calls to the incident. | West Midlands Ambulance Service said it received several 999 calls to the incident. |
| Crews arrived to find a boy being resuscitated by a member of the public. | Crews arrived to find a boy being resuscitated by a member of the public. |
| "The 16-year-old boy suffered serious burns after being struck by lightning and was in cardiac arrest," a spokeswoman said. | "The 16-year-old boy suffered serious burns after being struck by lightning and was in cardiac arrest," a spokeswoman said. |
| One of the other boys suffered convulsions consistent with an electric shock, she said. |