VIDEO: Man who survived lightning strike collects $1m lottery cheque

Canadian Peter McCathie is being dubbed "the luckiest man alive" after surviving a lightening strike as a teenager before going on to win a $1m prize in the Atlantic lottery this week.

McCathie escaped with his life aged 14 after he was struck by lightning on a boat trip.

This week, the Nova Scotia native beat the 13,983,816-to-one odds to collect a CAN$1m prize with his co-worker Diana Miller.