Apr 30, 2009
Motorcyclist Killed by Lightning
A 45-year-old Lawrence, Kansas man was struck and killed by lightning as he was riding his motorcycle on U.S. Highway 24. The man was riding with six other motorcyclists who are members of the Bikers Against Child Abuse group. A man riding next to the victim was also injured, but was treated and released from a Topeka hospital. The other five members of the group were not injured.
The bikers were returning home after visiting some children they had helped in the past in their work against child abuse. The local sheriff called the man’s death a “tragic, sad thing.”
