Lightning in Cumberland County, New Jersey

Lightning August 11, 2001 · Cumberland County, New Jersey

Death

The wider storm

A lightning strike killed a 29-year-old man while he was crabbing with his father on the Oranoaken Creek in the Egg Island Wildlife Management Area in Downe Township. They were in a non-motorized crabbing boat when the thunderstorm struck. He apparently was standing in the boat when he was struck by lightning in the head. Efforts to revive him failed. A bit farther east, a lightning strike damaged part of the electric security fencing at the Leesburg State Prison in Maurice River Township.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5268667. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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