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Authorities say a southeast Iowa man and the horse he was riding were killed by a lightning strike.

The Muscatine County Sheriff's Office says 35-year-old William J. "Billy" Clevenger and his horse died Monday night when they were struck by lightning near Moscow in rural Muscatine County.

The Muscatine Journal reports deputies were called to a property Monday night and found Clevenger and another man, John R. Jenkins.

Both men were taken to a Muscatine hospital, where Jenkins was treated and then released and Clevenger was pronounced dead.

Source: The Associated Press