Published on: July 4, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Reader Joe Chance reports this sad news tonight…
One person has been killed and 18 others have been injured after a lightning strike struck a 4th of July gathering in Lakeland, Florida.
Here is an Associated Press report on the tragedy.
Back in 1995, a similar incident in North Carolina on July 4th resulted in 19 members of a single family being hit by a bolt.
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