By Associated Press - Friday, June 29, 2018

UMATILLA, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a man found dead on a boat in a Florida lake was likely struck by lightning.

News outlets report that 44-year-old Jeffrey Moyer was found in a pontoon boat Wednesday evening on a Umatilla lake, northwest of Orlando.

A medical examiner determined that Moyer had died from electrocution.



National Weather Service radar showed a thunderstorm with lightning strikes in the area Wednesday afternoon.

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