Macon: teen dies after lightning strike on Florida beach
By Tim Darnell, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for MaconNewsAndTalk.Com The Macon teenager who was struck by lightning earlier this month while on vacation in Florida has died. According to Walker Bethune’s CaringBridge page, the Stratford Academy student died peacefully Wednesday afternoon while “listening to one of his favorite Allman Brothers songs, appropriately named, ‘Soulshine.’” Bethune was on vacation and was struck while walking on a Marco Island beach about 3:45 July 17. He was flown to the Ryder Trauma Center at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, University of Miami Health. Bethune had been improving since the incident, according to his family, even to…