<![CDATA[Austin Melton, 14-Year-Old Boy Struck By Lightning: "I Like Sparky" As A Nickname]]>

1.0 link 212445 <![CDATA[Austin Melton, 14-Year-Old Boy Struck By Lightning: "I Like Sparky" As A Nickname]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/08/austin-melton-14-year-old_n_212445.html Last week, 14-year-old Oregon boy Austin Melton was struck by lightning at the edge of a parking lot at his high school.

He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition before being flown to Legacy Emanuel in Portland, where he was treated in the burn unit.

The teen-ager's father, Chuck Melton, told KTVZ-TV in Bend that the lightning struck his son's head. He suffered a broken eardrum and severe burns on his ankle.

On Monday's Today show, however, Austin said he...

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