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Lancaster County teen killed by lightning

A 13-year-old Lancaster County boy was killed by lightning Thursday night while baling hay with his father.

A 13-year-old Lancaster County boy was killed by lightning Thursday night while baling hay with his father.

Levi Lantz had been walking next to a horse-drawn baler on a farm on the 1100 block of Bartville Road in Sadsbury Township about 7:30 p.m., when the father, driving a team of horses, felt a tingling and heard a loud clap. He turned to see his son on the ground, according to Lancaster Online and WGAL-TV. Sadsbury Township borders Chester County and is about 20 miles west of Downingtown. - Peter Mucha