A 29-year-old tree trimming worker was killed in Whitewater, Wisconsin, on Monday morning in what fire officials described as a suspected lightning strike, roughly two hours before a tornado struck the Fox Valley about 100 miles to the north.
Whitewater Fire and EMS responded shortly before 10 a.m. to a report of a person stuck in a tree and possibly electrocuted. Crews found the man unresponsive and suspended about 60 feet up, wearing a safety harness. Members of his crew climbed the tree and lowered him to waiting EMS personnel. He died at the scene.
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