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A schoolboy survived a potentially lethal lightning strike because he was carrying a skateboard.
Josiah Wiedman, 13, was shielded from the full force of the electrical surge because the metal frames on the skateboard earthed the charged and carried it harmlessly to the ground.
The teenager, from El Mirage, Arizona, was skating with his friend Javier at the local park when they were struck as they walked home during a storm.