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Tree traps person in pickup truck after lightning strike in Seminole County

Firefighters respond to 300 block of E Orange Street

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County firefighters worked Thursday to rescue someone who they say was trapped in a pickup truck because of a lightning strike.

The strike happened around 5:30 p.m. in the 300 block of East Orange Street, causing the tree to fall on a parked lawn service worker’s vehicle with one occupant, the fire department said on social media.

The person who was trapped in the truck was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, the post states.


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