CBS 58Updated: 12:52 p.m. on July 31, 2026WHITEWATER, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Whitewater Fire and EMS identified the victim of a fatal lightning strike as 31-year-old Rodrigo Barrera Arreola of West Virginia. The Whitewater Fire Department originally listed the victim's age as 29 based on initial information received. Posted: 2:29 p.m. on July 27, 2026WHITEWATER, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A 29-year-old man was killed by a suspected lightning strike in Whitewater Monday, July 27, while working on a tree clearing job. According to Whitewater Fire and EMS, the man was suspended in a tree nearly 60 feet off the ground and had to be brought down by members of his crew. The crew's supervisor reported there'd been a "loud bang and a flash," and said they believed the tree was struck by lightning.