Overview
- First responders found an adult male unresponsive in a Kwik Trip parking lot at Grandview and Golf Road during Wednesday night’s storm, and he later died at a hospital.
- The National Weather Service placed the fatal strike at about 7:43 p.m., roughly three miles south of Pewaukee in Waukesha County.
- Police said witnesses and physical evidence indicate he was hit while walking across the lot, and they are working with the county medical examiner on formal identification.
- Local outlets report the victim was a 41-year-old truck driver from Pennsylvania, and national trackers list this as the first U.S. lightning fatality of the year.
- Officials and safety experts say Wisconsin saw only three lightning deaths from 2016 to 2025 and urge people to go indoors as soon as they can hear thunder.