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Posted: April 26th, 2009 | Author: jason | Filed under: disaster, lightning | Tags: kansas, lightning | No Comments »Motorcyclist who was hit by lightning identified
A 45-year-old motorcyclist who was struck by lightning and killed Saturday in Jefferson County, Kan., was identified today as Troy Gentzler of Lawrence.
Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig said that Gentzler originally came from the Kansas City area.
Gentzler was with six other motorcyclists who belonged to Bikers Against Child Abuse when he was hit by lightning about 5 p.m. Saturday on U.S. 24 between Perry and Granville.
A man riding next to the victim, 35-year-old Michael Robinson, was treated and released at a Topeka hospital. No one else in the group was injured.
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