article_snippet.sent: A 77-year-old woman was left partially blind after a lightning bolt struck A 77-year-old woman as A 77-year-old woman sat in A 77-year-old woman car.
article_snippet.sent: A 77-year-old woman was struck by lightning while she sat in her carher car.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Permesh Dhillon, a medical internist and colleague of Mr Gupta, said The case reveals how important The case is that medics check the vision of anyone struck by lightning.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Gupta told LiveScience: 'In the future, if patients are struck by lightning, it should be a routine process to refer patients to an ophthalmologist to have an eye assessment.'
article_snippet.sent: Between 30 to 60 people each year are struck by lightning in the Uk.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile across the Atlantic, the US sees an average of 51 people injured by lightning each year.
article_snippet.sent: Only around 10 per cent of those struck by a bolt are killed.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Dhillon Dr Dhillon said there have been reports of lightning strikes affecting other parts of the eyes, resulting in cataracts, burns or swelling.
highlights_snippet.sent: Woman was struck by lightning in Woman car in Boston, Lincolnshire .
  