Florida boat captain dies in lightning strike, passenger injured.
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A Florida boat captain was killed and a passenger injured after their vessel was believed to have been struck by lightning on the Indian River in Brevard County. The incident was being investigated as a boating accident. Lightning strikes kill around 20 people every year in the United States, while leaving hundreds of others severely injured, according to the National Weather Service.
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