Lightning strike kills a man in New York
A 39-year-old man who had been doing roofing work was sitting under a tree when lightning struck on July 24, killing him and injuring two others.
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00:00 New tonight, a man has died after he was struck by lightning in New York.
00:03 The 39-year-old and two others were doing roofing work in Lincoln yesterday.
00:08 And when the lightning struck as they were sitting under a tree waiting for a storm to pass,
00:13 the man was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
00:16 The other two suffered injuries.
00:18 This is the seventh lightning fatality of the year in the U.S. and the first in New York.
00:23 And it's a great reminder as we go to the plains here now where much of the region is under
00:29 a severe thunderstorm risk tonight and tomorrow that when thunder roars, get