Girl survives lightning strike because of iPod

A teenage girl who was struck by lightening survived the 300,000-volt power surge ... because she was wearing an iPod.

14-year-old Sophie Frost had taken shelter from the storm as she walked home in Essex, when she was hit by the lightening.

Luckily for her, the cable of the headphones is thought to have diverted the power surge away from her vital organs.

Not so luckily, it gave her serious burns to the chest and meant she had to be rushed into hospital for treatment.

Doctors say it could have been far worse ... Girls Aloud could have been playing on her iPod - then she would have damaged her ears too.