Baby boy dead days after lightning strike led to early delivery
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A baby boy born in Florida after his mother was struck in the head by lightning when she was nine months pregnant has died.
CBS affiliate WINK-TV reports Owen Davidson died July 12, nearly two weeks after 26-year-old Meghan Davidson was struck while walking in her Fort Myers neighborhood. She was rushed to a hospital, where doctors delivered Owen. She was just seven days from her due date when the lightning strike occurred.
The Lee County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the child's death. It was the fourth death in Florida this year related to lightning.
Authorities say Meghan Davidson was released from the hospital and is recovering.
No further details were immediately available.