Hong Kong student, 18, dies after being struck by lightning while hiking
Ian Lo Go-yin was hiking with a group of friends in Ma On Shan Country Park when the accident happened
Paramedics giving medical care to the victim at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital.Recent South Island School graduate, Lo Go-yin,18, passed away on Monday after being struck by lightning while hiking in Ma On Shan Country Park.
Police said Lo was hiking with a group of six. He was struck as the group walked along Section 4 of the MacLehose Trail.
Lo’s 18 year-old friend called the police right after the accident at about 12.45pm. Rescue personnel went to the site afterwards, and took him by helicopter to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, in Chai Wan.
Ian Lo, the unstoppable baseball shortstop from South Island School
A spokesman for the Government Flying Service said its crew, which included a doctor and nurses, found him unconscious with no pulse or heartbeat when they arrived on the scene.
A doctor was seen trying to resuscitate Lo as he was taken into the emergency ward on a stretcher, seemingly unconscious. He was declared dead at about 2.15pm, according to the Hospital Authority.
Lo, a baseball star in high school, shared his thoughts and tips on playing baseball with Young Post two years ago. Part of the Hong Kong team, he participated in international and regional tournaments, including the 2015 Little League Asia Pacific Tournament.
Observatory scientific officer Ng Yin-lam said there were 568 lightning strikes over the eastern New Territories between noon and 1pm on the day of the incident.
Hong Kong Medical Association vice-president Dr Alvin Chan Yee-shing said anyone hit by lightning is very likely to die, as the “electric current would be more than a human being can stand”.
Edited by Jamie Lam