A 47-year-old Utah man dies after being struck by lightning while jet skiing off Florida’s coast. Reports say Steve Matheson was riding a jet ski off the shore near Fort De Soto Park in the Tampa Bay area on Saturday evening when a bolt of lightning hit him.
The available accounts identify Matheson as a father of four. Both reports describe the same incident location and circumstances, with no additional differing details presented about the response, cause of death findings, or whether other people were nearby.
While one outlet describes the event with the same core facts, the information provided in the summaries is limited. Public details beyond the lightning strike and the man’s death are not included in the excerpts.
