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PHOTOS: Bountiful High School honors man killed by lightning strike while jet skiing off Florida coast

By ABC 4 · September 25, 2026 · 1 min read
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BOUNTIFUL, Utah (ABC4) — Bountiful High School honored the life of a local husband and father who was killed by a lightning strike in August. Steve Matheson was riding a jet ski off the coast of Florida when his family says the sky opened up and lightning struck, taking Matheson’s life.

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