Man living in Florida for Disney College Program killed by lightning

A man living in Florida to attend the Disney College Program was killed after being struck by lightning, officials say.

On Sept. 8, Matthew Jenkins, 20, was walking in Celebration, Florida, which is about 20 miles southwest of Orlando, when he was struck by lightning, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office. Bystanders began CPR at the scene, and Jenkins was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Jenkins recently moved to Florida from Michigan to participate in the Disney College Program, an internship that lets college students and recent graduates work at and live near the Walt Disney World Resort, Jenkins' dad told local news outlet WESH.

Jenkins' death marks the fourth fatality caused by lightning in less than a month in Florida, reported Florida Today, a part of the USA TODAY Network.

On Aug. 29, Steve Matheson, a husband and father of four visiting from Utah, was jet skiing in the waters off St. Petersburg, Florida, about 20 miles southwest of Tampa, when he was killed by lightning.

Less than a week before that, on Aug. 23, Kenya Glasgow, 31, and her 2-year-old daughter, Kennedi Rose, were fatally struck by lightning in the driveway outside a…

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