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Florida woman at mud bog killed by lightning

WHITE SPRINGS, Fla. — A 23-year-old Florida woman was killed by lightning and several others were injured.

Media outlets report that Kourtney Lambert of Branford was at a popular mud-bogging site in north Florida when storms rolled through the area on Saturday afternoon. Lambert was killed after the lightning bolt hit a tree and then traveled to a nearby trailer.

First Coast News reported that four other people were taken to a hospital.

During mud bogging, people run large trucks or off-road vehicles through a pit of mud.

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