A Pinellas County middle school teacher is seriously injured while vacationing in Peru with his family over Thanksgiving Break.

James Fernandez is a science teacher at Palm Harbor Middle School.

He was with his wife, Alexis, their 5-month-old son, and another couple on vacation.

His wife said it was the trip of a lifetime that turned into a living nightmare.

"I received a call from a hospital, a regional hospital here in Cusco, around 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m. in the evening, it was already dark out. We had a bad feeling. They should have been back by then," said Alex Fernandez.

Alexis said James and his good friend, Yuri Botehlo, went mountain biking with a guide near Cusco, Peru.

The two were cycling downhill when they were struck by lightning. The lightning bolt killed Yuri and seriously

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