Officials ID boater killed by lightning

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Officials ID boater killed by lightning

By CBS 3 Springfield News

Story Published: Jul 2, 2009 at 3:03 PM EST

Story Updated: Jul 2, 2009 at 3:03 PM EST

ORLEANS, Mass. (AP) - Authorities have identified an Eastham man
who died after being struck by lightning while shellfishing off
Cape Cod.

Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe on Thursday
said 42-year-old Christopher West was struck on a boat in Pleasant
Bay in Orleans late Wednesday afternoon.

O'Keefe says 67-year-old John Jonason, also of Eastham,
witnessed the strike and was treated and released at Cape Cod
Hospital.

Officials have said the storm came on very suddenly and may have
caught boaters by surprise.
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