2 Sep 2025

Farmer praises gumboots after surviving lightning strike

From Checkpoint, 4:23 pm on 2 September 2025

Gumboots can be a bit of lifesaver for many farmers but for one West Coast dairy manager, his gummies were an acutal life saver when he was struck by lightening. Chris Wilson, from Westport, was out on his quad bike herding cows to the milking shed early yesterday morning when there was a flash of white light that hit him. Chris tells Lisa Owen his survival story.

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