Man, 28, dies after lightning strike at New Jersey golf event: report

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A 28-year-old man reportedly died from his accidents this week after being struck by lightning whereas taking part in a golf event in New Jersey.

Simon John Mariani — a resident of suburban Franklin Lakes in New Jersey — was struck whereas enjoying the fifteenth gap on the Ballyowen Golf Course on July 8. He died "unexpectedly" on Monday, the New York Post reported, citing a web based obituary.

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Brian Delia, a fellow golfer who reportedly witnessed the lightning strike round 300 yards in entrance of him, stated Mariani was collaborating in an all-day golf event when storms rolled in. Delia filmed the cloudy sky shortly earlier than the incident, in response to ABC 7 .

A 28-year-old man reportedly died from his accidents this week after being struck by lightning whereas taking part in a golf event in New Jersey. (Simon Mariani/Fb)

"I began filming, and he was proper in entrance of me, and impulsively the lightning strikes, and I ended the video recording, and we instantly simply began heading again to the clubhouse," Delia stated.

Following the lightning strike, Mariani's father supplied mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and different golfers gave him CPR whereas they waited for authorities to reach. The 28-year-old was then taken to the hospital, ABC 7 reported.

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Crystal Springs Resort — which operates the 250-acre golf course — stated the stormy situations developed rapidly that day, and that employees sounded an alarm to warn golfers to hunt shelter from the climate. Nonetheless, Delia stated his group didn't hear an alarm, in response to the New York Publish.

A golf membership is pictured subsequent to a golf ball at a course. (iStock)

"Final week, the household particularly requested that no data be launched about this incident," a spokesperson for Crystal Springs Resort informed Fox Information Digital in an e mail. "Out of respect for them, we proceed to honor that request."

Mariani had been working as an affiliate at MTS Well being Companions in New York Metropolis on the time of the incident. He graduated from the College of Notre Dame in 2019 with a bachelor's diploma in accounting and economics and obtained his grasp's diploma in finance from the identical college in 2024, the New York Publish reported.

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"Exterior of his skilled life, Simon embraced all issues household and loved portray, images and baking," as famous within the obituary. "He additionally cherished the outside, together with the seaside, boating, fishing, mountaineering, {golfing} and snowboarding."

Mariani is survived by his dad and mom and his two sisters.

A lightning strike is pictured throughout a storm. (Getty Pictures)

The information follows a number of different current reviews of deaths attributable to lightning strikes.

Olympic medalist Audun Groenvold died after being struck by lightning this previous Saturday.

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Final month, Spencer Loalbo, a father of three in Texas, died after a lightning strike hit him whereas he was {golfing}.

Sophia Compton is a Digital Manufacturing Assistant at Fox Information Digital. Sophia was beforehand a enterprise reporter protecting finance, power and tourism and has expertise as a TV information producer. She graduated with a journalism diploma in 2021 from the College of Hawaii at Manoa.