A rodeo athlete and his horse died final week when the 2 have been struck by lightning.

The man was checking on cattle in a rural a part of the US state of Nebraska when the incident occurred, in keeping with officers.

Terrel Vineyard, 27, was on horseback when he was struck on Wednesday 21 June, the Garden County legal professional's workplace mentioned in an announcement.

Officials obtained a name concerning the strike and arrived on the scene shortly after 2pm the place they discovered Mr Vineyard lifeless.

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An post-mortem discovered he had been struck by lightning.

Mr Vineyard was certainly one of six fatalities attributable to lightning strikes this 12 months, in keeping with the National Lightning Safety Council.

In a Facebook put up, Mr Vineyard's spouse Stacey thanked the group for his or her help following her husband's loss of life.

A GoFundMe web page arrange in his reminiscence states Mr Vineyard purchased Dose, the horse he was driving, just a few years in the past.

"Terrel and Dose left for greener pastures together - Terrel with his rope in hand," the web page added.

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