The_Wizard
.... Been wondering if the kid was going to make it after the news that he, his mother and a 3-year-old playmate was hit by lightning on the 6 o'clock news on August 12.... now I know. sad
http://www.thestar.com/article/685019
Boy hit by lightning dies in hospital
Aug 21, 2009 11:59 PM
THANDIWE VELA
STAFF REPORTER
Picture: Clockwise from top left: Kyus Caines, 5, has died from injuries suffered when he was hit by lightning. His mother Dulcineia Caines, 26, was injured but released from hospital. Jake Caines, 4, was with his mother and brother but wasn't hurt.A 5-year-old boy has died from injuries suffered when he took the brunt of a lightning strike that also injured his mother and a 3-year-old playmate.
Kyus Caines passed away shortly after 8 p.m., Hospital for Sick Children spokesperson Judy Noordermeer confirmed to the Star.
The boy was at Brampton's Centennial Park on Aug. 12, when witnesses say a bolt of lightning — described by some as a terrifying ball of fire — struck the 5-year-old boy, blasting him to the ground and knocking down his mother Dulcineia and his 3-year-old playmate.
Carrying his metal scooter over his shoulder at the time, Kyus took the brunt of the lightning strike.
He was burned down the left side, left leg and foot, his grandmother told the Star.
His playmate was also sent to hospital in critical condition but released last week. He had been rapidly improving since the lightning strike, being upgraded to serious, then good condition when he was released.
Father Oral Caines, 30, held vigil at his son's bedside along with Dulcineia, 26, who joined as soon as she was released from Brampton Civic Hospital.
"I wish it happened to me instead of him," Oral told the Star as Kyus lay in critical condition.
