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Another Lightning Fatality in South Alabama

By Alabama Public Radio

Mobile, AL – Another person has been struck by lightning in south Alabama. 11-year-old Daniel Graham was killed after lightning apparently struck him after travelling through a water hose he was using to feed his animals. Condition were partly sunny with only one isolated storm in the area at the time. Earlier this month, a teenager from Killen was seriously injured after being struck while walking in the water on the beach at Gulf Shores. At least three other people have also been struck by lightning in south Alabama this year.

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