Man killed by lightning in New Jersey while warning others of dangerous weather

Patrick Dispoto was returning to beach to warn swimmers of lightning danger when he was struck and killed

A man was killed by a lightning strike after returning to a beach in New Jersey to warn other bathers of the dangers of an approaching storm.

Local television station WABC reported that Patrick Dispoto, 59, and his girlfriend, Ruth Fussell, had left the beach at Seaside Park as the storm approached when Dispoto decided to go back and tell some young people still in the water of the impending danger.