Lightning - and tragedy - struck twice for a New Jersey family.

Stephen Rooney was killed last weekend by a lightning bolt during a barbecue, 48 years after his father died the same way while fishing, NBCPhiladelphia.com reported.

"Don't worry guys," Rooney reassured friends and family members just minutes before the fatal flash. "Lighting never strikes twice."

According to the report, Rooney and cousin Scott Digeralamo stepped away from a family get-together to smoke cigars beneath a nearby tree Sunday as the storm blew in.






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