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Family Grieving After 8-Year-Old Girl Killed by Lightning Strike

Summary by WKRC
Chris Scheib said that his granddaughter, Kinslee Tschida, was getting off a swing in her backyard Friday when she was struck.

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She was coming down from the swing in the garden at the back of her house in Serena, Illinois, when she was struck by lightning that took her life. In the late afternoon of Friday, July 3, Kinslee Tschida, 8 years old, was playing outdoors with her cousins while a thunderstorm began to form nearby. At the first [...] The article was coming down from the swing and suddenly, in an instant lightning fell. He passed straight into the middle of the t…

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A girl under 8 years of age lost her life after she was hit by electric lightning in the community of Serena, in the state of Illinois. What is known about the death of a girl in Illinois? According to the first reports, the events occurred on July 3, 2026, when little Kinslee Tschida played with her brothers in the courtyard of her home. The child’s parents asked them to enter her home, however, the lightning struck her, leaving her unconscious…

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WKRC broke the news on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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