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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 match 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 match when storms rolled in. Delia filmed the cloudy sky shortly earlier than the incident, based on 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 match in New Jersey. (Simon Mariani/Fb)
“I began filming, and he was proper in entrance of me, and hastily 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 offered 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 shortly that day, and that workers sounded an alarm to warn golfers to hunt shelter from the climate. Nonetheless, Delia stated his group didn’t hear an alarm, based on the New York Submit.
A golf membership is pictured subsequent to a golf ball at a course. (iStock)
“Final week, the household particularly requested that no info 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 Submit 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 beloved the outside, together with the seashore, boating, fishing, climbing, {golfing} and snowboarding.”
Mariani is survived by his dad and mom and his two sisters.
A lightning strike is pictured throughout a storm. (Getty Photographs)
The information follows a number of different latest experiences of deaths brought on by 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}.
