Pablo Porcuincula/AFP/Getty Images) On Sunday, lightning hit a man in Clearwater Beach, Florida. He went into cardiac arrest and was transported to the hospital in critical condition. Seven other people were injured in the lightning strike as well. A person who gets struck by lightning can suffer third degree burns and ruptured ear drums, and their heart is at risk of stopping. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. On Sunday, as beach-goers in Florida were enjoying a warm afternoon, a thunderstorm rolled in. A bolt of lightning struck the sand on Clearwater Beach around 12:42 in the afternoon.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: What really happens when lightning strikes a plane — and the clever features that reduce the risk of damageSee Also:What really happens to your body when you get a brain freezeEverything we know about uBiome, the startup that convinced Silicon Valley that testing poop was worth $600 million, and then saw its top leaders depart amid an FBI investigationuBiome just added a top bankruptcy lawyer and a turnaround expert to its board as the troubled poop-testing startup grapples with its futureSEE ALSO: Standing under a tree is the second worst place you can be in a lightning storm, here's the first
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