A motorcyclist is dead after being struck by lightning while driving on Interstate 95 in Volusia County, authorities said.Benjamin Austin Lee, 45, of Charlotte, North Carolina, died Sunday afternoon on I-95 near Ormond Beach. Lightning burned his helmet.Troopers said Lee's helmet was struck by lightning around 2:15 p.m. Sunday as he rode southbound on I-95. The strike cracked his helmet, sending him off the roadway.Lee was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers said an off-duty Virginia state trooper witnessed the lightning strike and its aftermath.

A motorcyclist is dead after being struck by lightning while driving on Interstate 95 in Volusia County, authorities said.

Benjamin Austin Lee, 45, of Charlotte, North Carolina, died Sunday afternoon on I-95 near Ormond Beach. Lightning burned his helmet.


Troopers said Lee's helmet was struck by lightning around 2:15 p.m. Sunday as he rode southbound on I-95. The strike cracked his helmet, sending him off the roadway.

Lee was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers said an off-duty Virginia state trooper witnessed the lightning strike and its aftermath.