Central Kentucky Man Struck By Lightning

A Jessamine County man is killed mowing his yard. The coroner says the man was struck by lightning!

It happened Wednesday afternoon as storms blew through the Bethel Road area, south of Nicholasville.

The coroner says 55-year-old Chuck Hibbs was on his riding lawn mower when he was struck. He was dead at the scene.

Experts say about seven people a year are killed in kentucky by lightning strikes.

We'll have much more on this story coming up on 27 NEWSFIRST at 11:00.

Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station.

Current Conditions

67° F

Clear

Fri

89 65

Sat

86 63

Sun

88 68

Mon

84 67

Yes

Not sure

Clouds

Sunrises & Sunsets

Flooding

Storms

‹ ›

Tweets by @WKYT

Premium reloading brass once fired