Number of fans killed by lightning at NFL games

[Dude]

It must be so rare that nobody records it. Saw a dude get sliced in half by a strike of lighting in Miami beach; he was in the beach shower holding the water pipe. Full view from the window, the noise was memorable. It was an explosion.

 

[FakeBelieve]

Several football fans leaving the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa were hurt by a lightning blast following an afternoon game.

Seven people were hospitalized following the Tampa Buccaneers 20-3 loss against the Green Bay Packers after being injured during a lightning strike, Tampa Fire Rescue spokesman Jason Penny told the Daily News.


It's not known if the victims, who were both men and women between the ages of 20 to 40 years old, suffered a direct hit or were shocked by a nearby bolt.

"It was close by ... knocked some people to the ground and kicked up some rocks and gravel," Penny added.

One patient lost consciousness during the strike reported to 911 at 4:11 p.m., but woke up by the time medics arrived.

The strike about 200 feet from what Penny described as the "big flag" may have injured an additional four to five fans, he added, but those victims did not seek medical treatment from paramedics at the stadium.

The bolt apparently blasted a car, shattering its roof and injuring at least 11 people nearby.

“I never saw the streak. I just saw this huge flash,” Packers fan Bruce Kudick, of Sarasota, Fla. said. “It was like a bomb went off.”


Photos from the scene show several emergency vehicles that swarmed the north parking lot where victims had been injured during the strike.

The patients were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital and are in stable conditon.

There have been no confirmed reports of fatalities.

Radar from the National Weather Service shows a large storm that passed through Tampa to the northeast during the late afternoon.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

Wow. No deaths. I'm surprised they didn't cancel the season.

 

[The Derski]

How about while at a Dallas Cowboys watch party?

You know what you're getting into when you go to one of those. Brass knuckles won't be sufficient.

 

[broncosmitty]

Really hope OP just needs to work on his trolling skills.

 

[ktg8trgrl]

I've never seen a player get struck by lightning. Seems like it would make the news...

2 killed in Aldine, Tx 2012

 

[Dolemite censored]

Really hope OP just needs to work on his trolling skills.

Title should have been number of fans killed by white lightning at NFL games.

 

[FakeBelieve]

2 killed in Aldine, Tx 2012

Not NFL.

Keep digging.

 

[broncosmitty]

Title should have been number of fans killed by white lightning at NFL games.

Greased Lightning is responsible for zero deaths.

 

[ktg8trgrl]

Do not F with lightning.. My truck, while i was driving with my children was struck square in the middle of the diamond plate tool box while stopped at a traffic light in 2003. It shocked the crap out of me and i jumped a curb and hit a tree.. scary AF .. my daughter hates lightning storms to this day because of it

 

[ktg8trgrl]

Not NFL.

Keep digging.

No you can do the same.. but in Florida the Lightning capital of the world its definetly a possibility.. about 52 people a year are killed here due to lightning strikes

 

[Dolemite censored]

Greased Lightning is responsible for zero deaths.

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Only to good taste.

 

[David_son]

Greased Lightning is responsible for zero deaths.

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Not true John Travoltas crotch killed my grandma.

 

[Dolemite censored]

No you can do the same.. but in Florida the Lightning capital of the world its definetly a possibility.. about 52 people a year are killed here due to lightning strikes

I hear you all have Nile Crocodiles there now. Say goodbye to the gators and people living near water.

 

[Dude]

Title should have been number of fans killed by white lightning at NFL games.

Well, by definition light is something worth talking about. It's half of the day so it could be worthy to discuss. Day & Night. Which do you prefer and why?

 

[ktg8trgrl]

I hear you all have Nile Crocodiles there now. Say goodbye to the gators and people living near water.

we have always had some saltys here.. for the most part they stay in SoFlo.. however heard recently that a pair turned up on the rainbow river in Dunnellon,Fl.. i doesn't concern me to much

 

[RobToxin]

More people have been killed over Alabama losing to Auburn than have been killed by lightning at an NFL game.

I'm just saying......

 

[broncosmitty]

Not true John Travoltas crotch killed my grandma.

 

[Dude]

Woof, woof woof woof.

 

[David_son]

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Totally makes your panties wet doesnt he.

 

[broncosmitty]

Totally makes your panties wet doesnt he.

Soaked.