Cherington M, Krider E P, Yarnell P R, Breed D W
Lightning Data Center, St. Anthony Hospital, Denver, CO 80204, USA.
Neurology. 1997 Mar;48(3):683-6. doi: 10.1212/wnl.48.3.683.
We report an extraordinary event of a lightning strike to the head of a helmeted bicyclist that occurred under fair weather conditions with a cloudless sky. The patient sustained a cardiac arrest and hypoxic encephalopathy with residual neurologic impairment. With the availability of highly developed meteorologic equipment, we were able to determine that the lightning "bolt from the blue" probably originated in a thunderstorm that was about 16 km away and obscured by the mountains.
一名戴着头盔的骑自行车者头部遭雷击，事发时天气晴朗，天空无云。患者发生心脏骤停并出现缺氧性脑病，遗留神经功能障碍。借助高度发达的气象设备，我们得以确定，这道“晴天霹雳”可能源自约16公里外被山脉遮挡的一场雷暴。
