WICHITA (AP) – A 64-year-old Wichita man has survived being struck by lightning.

The Wichita Eagle reported that the man was taken to an area hospital for what are described as non-life-threatening injuries.

Dispatchers received the call about the lighting strike at 9:26 p-m, Thursday.

The National Weather Service says the odds of being struck by lightning in a person’s lifetime are one in 10,000. Over the last 30 years, the U.S. has averaged 55 reported lightning fatalities
per year. Weather Service officials say that only about 10-percent of people who are struck by lightning are killed.