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WEBVTT A LITTLE BIT OF WATER TO STALL A CAR.>> A BOY WAS HURT WHEN LIGHTNINGSTRUCK NEAR HIM.JON PAEPCKE IS LIVE NEAR LIBERTYPARK.IS HE OKAY?>> THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE VESTAVIA HILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT.THE BOY SUFFERED INJURIES CONSISTENT WITHLIGHTNING.I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THIS TOOK PLACE.THIS IS THE STREET WHERE IT HAPPENED.IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE STONE-LIKE SIDE PATIO AREA, I TALKED TO THE WOMAN WHO OWNS THEHOUSE IN FRONT OF THAT A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORHOOD BOYS WERE FISHING OFF THE PATIO AROUND 1:30 WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD CLAP AND SAW LIGHTNING RIGHT BEHIND HER HOUSE.SHE LOOKED BACK THERE, IN ONE OFHER BACK WINDOWS AND SAW THE BOYS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE PATIOBUT ONE STILL LAYING ON THE GROUND.PARAMEDICS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE PRETTY QUICKLY.PLACED THE BOY ON A STRETCHER.AS HE WAS BEING TAKEN AWAY THE WOMAN THAT I SPOKE WITH WHO DID NOT WANT TO GO ON CAMERA SAID THE BOY WAS ALERT AND TALKING, AND THAT HE APPEARED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF INJURY TO HIS FOOT.SHE ALSO NOTICED THAT HIS FISHING POLE WAS DAMAGED.I TALKED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT A LITTLE WHILE AGO.THEY COULD NOT SAY EXACTLY HOW CLOSE TO THE BOY THAT THE LIGHTNING STRUCK, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, THEY SAY HE'S GOING TO