Patrick Dispoto, 59, was at Seaside Park Beach with his girlfriend on Sunday but returned to his truck when they realised a storm was approaching, Police Sgt. Andrew Casole said Wednesday.
"He said, 'I'll be right back.' I said, 'You have no business going back.' And he says, 'I'm just going to warn these kids because the sky is going to open. I'm just going to warn these kids – one minute.' I said, 'No,'" Ruth Fussell, who identified herself as Dispoto's girlfriend, told CNN's affiliate WABC.
Emergency responders performed CPR on Dispoto and he was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead, police said. Dispoto died by an "accidental death caused by lightning strike," Casole said.In April, Seaside Park officials purchased the Strike Guard Lightning Detection System, an investment of nearly US$50,000 , Seaside Park Borough Administrator Karen Kroon told CNN Wednesday.
"The Borough made that investment because public safety is extremely important and we want to do everything we can to alert our residents and visitors to imminent danger," Kroon said.
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