The motorcyclist, whose name police have decided not to name, was killed Sunday on I-95, North of Daytona Beach in the district of Volusi after lightning struck in the helmet men. After the injury he went off the road on a roadside and crashed.
The accident happened to see a police officer from Virginia. He says that the lightning hit right in the helmet, seconds before the deadly crash.
Police Orlando shared a photo of the helmet, which is visible crack. He lies still wet after the rain the pavement.
This is what’s left of a 45 year old man’s helmet after he was struck by lightning while riding his motorcycle southbound on I-95 in Volusia County this afternoon. Unfortunately he did not survive the crash. pic.twitter.com/uFklUPY8r1
— FHP Orlando (@FHPOrlando) June 9, 2019
«That’s what was left of the helmet 45-year-old man after it was struck by lightning on I-95 in the district of Volusi. Unfortunately, the victim died.»
This day at the track it was raining with thunderstorm.
In the US, on average, 49 people are killed by lightning strikes per year. Only 10% die after the lightning strike, 90% of survivors have different degrees of disability. The greatest number of victims over the past 10 years, according to statistics, in the state of Florida, on the second place Texas.
