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One person hurt after lightning strike during festivities in Kingston Save Email Print
Posted: 9:27 PM Jul 4, 2008
Last Updated: 9:27 PM Jul 4, 2008
Reporter: Carrie Thompson

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Kingston (WVLT) - One person was hurt Friday night after lightning struck a transformer in Kingston.

Roane County Emergency Management Director Howie Rose tells us one person received an electrical shock after the lightning hit a transformer at the Kingston City Park shortly after seven during Fourth of July festivities.

That person was taken to the hospital. No word on that person's injuries, but Rose tells us that person was alert and talking when they were transported.

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Posted by: Laci Hixson Location: Kingston, TN on Jul 7, 2008 at 03:16 PM
What was this person's name. The one who was hit by lightning?

Posted by: Ex-Roane County Citizen Location: Knoxville, TN on Jul 5, 2008 at 08:09 PM
Had the Roane County Emergency Management people done their jobs and warned people about the eminent danger, less people would have been hurt! They had a fully equipped truck there with doppler radar 200 yards from where the lightning struck!. I pulled up the doppler on my PDA Sprint phone and it said deadly lightning so we took off for the car. Instead of warning people, the police are cruising up and down the street to look cool, when they should have been on the loudspeaker telling people to seek shelter! They had lots of cool equipment, but don't know what to do with it.

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