Motorcyclist Dies After Lightning Strike
POSTED: 5:49 pm MDT June 21, 2006
UPDATED: 6:27 pm MDT June 21, 2006
A man on a motorcycle was struck by lightning Wednesday at about 5:15 p.m. He then crashed his motorcycle and was killed. It is unknown if he was killed by the lightning strike or by the crash that followed.
It happened near U.S. 36 and Sheridan Blvd. West bound lanes of U.S. 36 are closed between Sheridan Blvd. and Church Ranch. A motorist driving by said there was a crater in the road where the lightning had struck.
POSTED: 5:49 pm MDT June 21, 2006
UPDATED: 6:27 pm MDT June 21, 2006
A man on a motorcycle was struck by lightning Wednesday at about 5:15 p.m. He then crashed his motorcycle and was killed. It is unknown if he was killed by the lightning strike or by the crash that followed.
It happened near U.S. 36 and Sheridan Blvd. West bound lanes of U.S. 36 are closed between Sheridan Blvd. and Church Ranch. A motorist driving by said there was a crater in the road where the lightning had struck.