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| Lightning strike boy 'under tree' | Lightning strike boy 'under tree' |
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| Six teenagers taken to hospital after a lightning strike were thought to be sheltering under a tree after a storm broke out while they played cricket. | Six teenagers taken to hospital after a lightning strike were thought to be sheltering under a tree after a storm broke out while they played cricket. |
| A 17-year-old boy is in a critical but stable condition after the lightning struck at Small Heath Park in Birmingham on Saturday afternoon. | A 17-year-old boy is in a critical but stable condition after the lightning struck at Small Heath Park in Birmingham on Saturday afternoon. |
| Medical staff said he had suffered a cardiac arrest. | Medical staff said he had suffered a cardiac arrest. |
| Five more boys, all aged 16 or 17, remained in hospital where their conditions were described as stable. | Five more boys, all aged 16 or 17, remained in hospital where their conditions were described as stable. |
| One of the boys suffered convulsions consistent with an electric shock after the lightning strike, the ambulance service said. | One of the boys suffered convulsions consistent with an electric shock after the lightning strike, the ambulance service said. |
| '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. |
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| Small Heath Park, Birmingham, where a group of teenagers were struck by lightning |