Limb from tree struck by lightning tree hits man
ON THE RADIO JUST TO THE SCENE
OF MORE THAN 1.0. 5 HT 3.
>> POWER'S BACK ON FOR HUNDREDS
IN RALEIGH AFTER A LIGHTNING
STRIKE HIT A TREE KNOCKING DOWN
POWERLINES CREWS WORKED FOR
HOURS OVERNIGHT TO GET THAT
TREE CLEARED. ALI KHALIL BAR
WAS THERE ON THE WRAL BREAKING
NEWS TRACKER AND SHE SPOKE WITH
PEOPLE WHO SAW THAT LIGHTNING
STRIKE.
>> YES, AND THIS IS THAT TREE
THAT LIGHTNING STRUCK LAST
NIGHT. YOU CAN SEE WHERE
LIGHTNING HIT AND THEN SENT A
LAME CRASHING DOWN RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IMPACT JUST A
CRANE OR RIGHT HERE ON THE
SIDEWALK. IT CRASHED DOWN,
BURST ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND
THEN PULLED DOWN SOME UTILITY
LINES. THAT HOMEOWNER DID SPEAK
WITH US TODAY. HE SAYS NOT ONLY
WITNESSED THIS ALL HAPPENING,
BUT IT ALMOST FELL ON HIM.
THE FIRST BRANCH FELL ACROSS
THE SCREEN.
>> I WAS WORRIED THAT IT HIT
MY CAR. AND SO I WENT OUT AND
WAS STANDING UNDER THE TREE
WHEN THE SECOND BRANCH FELL.
AND I HEARD A CRACK AND RAN
DOWN THE SCREEN.
>> AND IT MISSED ME. BUT SOME
BRANCHES CAME AND KNOCKED ME
DOWN. HE TELLS US HE'S STILL
IN SHOCK.
>> THIS VIDEO FROM THE WRAL
BREAKING NEWS TRACKER SHOWS
WHERE ALL HAPPENED. LIGHTNING
HIT A LAND ON THIS TREE AROUND
6.30, LAST NIGHT. THE LAMB OUT
ONTO THE ROAD. IT COOL DOWN
UTILITY LINES. MORE THAN 300
CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER
FOR HOURS. CREWS WORKED MORE
THAN 8 HOURS OVERNIGHT. POWER
WAS RESTORED AT 3 THIS MORNING.
>> WELL, THE CITY IS WHAT WE
HAVE ON THE MASK ALL LESS THAN
AN HOUR.
>> WE'RE STILL WORKING TO FIND
OUT WHEN CREWS ARE GOING TO
COME BACK AND FIX THESE UTILITY
LINES RIGHT HERE. ALSO PARKS
AND REC SAYS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE
TO CUT DOWN THAT TREE.
EVENTUALLY REPORTING AND