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## Video: Man Dies After Lightning Hits California Beach

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_Published 2014-07-28. A 20-year-old man died after lightning from a rare summer thunderstorm jolted a Southern California beach, injuring or rattling more than a dozen people, authorities said._


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## Transcript

It sounded like a sonic boom. It literally shook the building, shook us on the courts. A sunny day at California's Venice Beach turned deadly Sunday. I happened to see this crazy bolt of lightning that I'd never [ INAUDIBLE ]. Seen ever in my entire life. A rare lightning storm took beach goers by surprise leaving one man dead and a dozen others injured And we heard the biggest boom we've ever heard in our entire life. Right, we hit, hit the ground and felt it like, come over us. The sound of thunder captured on tape. Holy [ BLEEP ]. Emergency crews treated at least 13 patients at the scene. All of whom, according to officials, were either in or near the water.

Of those, a scuba diver seen here, after being resuscitated. Seven adults and one teenager were transported to local hospitals. One man in his mid 20s lost his life. All of a sudden there was a big flash of light and a boom. And it felt like someone punched me in the back of my head, like right here. And it went down my whole side of my right body and my calf sort of locked up and I fell over. And I looked up. And everybody else was. ... You know falling over. Helicopter footage captured by CNN affiliate KCBS, shows lifeguards rushing to help an injured swimmer and administering cpr, before loading the man into a truck and bringing him to an ambulance.

A terrifying scene leaving beach goers in shock. I haven't ever seen... In L. A ., something like that, and heard thunder that close. It, it literally knocked me off my chair.

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