In an impressive event that occurred in the early hours of this Saturday, a 26-year-old Argentine young man, Gabriel Jonathán Berón, was surprised by lightning while he was in a square in the city of Villa Mercedes, San Luis.
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The impact, which took place at approximately 3:20 a.m.happened while Berón was accompanied by a group of friends around a park.
The electric discharge, which illuminated the dark night sky, fell directly on him when he was standing talking.
The event, recorded on video and widely disseminated on social networks, shows the precise moment in which Berón is struck by lightning.
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After the impact, Berón collapsed and was lying on the ground next to a tree. His friends, in a state of obvious panic, were running desperate for what they had just witnessed.
Berón was rushed to the Verónica Bailone Hospital. Fortunately, his condition was reported as “hemodynamically stable” by the medical center, despite suffering burns on 20% of his body, mainly on the thigh and abdomen.
The medical report added that the patient is stable and controlled, and that if this continues, his transfer to a common room will be evaluated within the next 24 to 48 hours.
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Family story and details of the incident
Dayana Berón, one of the victim's sisters, shared shocking details about the incident in an interview with 'FM Latina'.
According to her story, it was another sister who initially informed her about what happened to Gabriel. Dayana explained that The lightning struck between Gabriel and another young man in the groupimpacting him directly due to a chain that was hanging around his neck.
A 26-year-old man is hospitalized after being struck by an electric shock from lightning during a thunderstorm in Villa Mercedes, San Luis. He is “stable” with burns on 20% of his body, according to medical sources. pic.twitter.com/kEx8cAbTuR
— Radio Libertad 97.9 (@Libertad979_Sam) January 8, 2024
The electric shock threw him into the air, landing on the ground by his left foot. The most serious burns are on the neck, arms, shoulders, waist and toes of the affected foot.
Friends who were with him at the time of the incident mentioned that upon returning to help him, It looked like Gabriel was dead.. The last thing the young man remembered when he woke up in the hospital was seeing a white light.
The young man struck by lightning spoke
In dialogue with 'Telenoche', Gabriel told details of what happened: “I don't remember anything that happened. Thank God, here I am. I did not feel anything. My light went out and I just woke up in the hospital. [Verónica Bailone]”
Berón had left a friend's house, in the San Luis city of Villa Mercedes. On that return to his home, in the middle of the morning, it started to rain. When he was about to cross a square, some friends who were there called him with whistles so that he would come and greet them. And that he did.
“I stayed with them for two seconds because they asked me for a cigarette. “I was under the tree and that's when the lightning hit me,” the young man explained. Gabriel left intensive care and will require months of recovery after the serious burns he suffered on his body.
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