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Farid Farid

Young boy struck by lightning at beach

A 10-year-old boy is being treated after being struck by lightning near Wollongong. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A 10-year-old boy has been struck by lightning at a beach near Wollongong on Australia Day.

NSW Ambulance said the freak accident happened at Barrack Point near Wollongong after a storm cell hit the area on Thursday evening.

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