weather. heavy rain falls throughout the area and emergency crews rush a man to the hospital after a possible lightning strike. good evening, i m jessica dean. i m chris may. that happened in delaware county tonight on the 300 block of hastings boulevard in broomall. eyewitness news reporter natasha brown is live in the neighborhood for us with more. natasha? reporter: well, delaware county officials are investigate investigating this at this point as a possible lightning strike as neighbors here in the area described seeing a man fall to the ground right outside of his house. it was the loudest boom i ve ever heard in my entire life, and it sounded like a million firework going off on the fourth of july. reporter: neighbors describe an earth shattering boom as a quick-moving storm rolled through broomall wednesday afternoon. i ducked in my bathroom. i was petrified. reporter: ambulance scrambled to get to a 52-year-old man in the 300 block of hastings boule
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