Steve H wrote on 09/08/13 at 12:37:34:My thinking is that the lightning strike was going to hit that point in the road and the rider just happened to cross the 'hit spot' at the most inopportune moment.
The water is probably what saved him. path of least resistance was through the water on his clothes rather than the water in his body.
That is sooo true. I've seen lighting strike a small pine tree and jump a foot over to a fence post and blow the fence post apart jumping back to the tree!
We were partying at a friends house and got run into the house by a rain storm, three of use watched it happen, we were all about blind for 30 minutes after.
The tree roots were turned into glassy chunks of sap...when we dug up the old fence post and put in a new one.