The Monroe County coroner's office has identified the victim of a fatal lightning strike that occurred Sunday at the Pocono International Raceway at Long Pond.
Coroner Bob Allen said Brian F. Zimmerman, 41, of Moosic, Lackawanna County, was killed by one of two lightning strikes that occurred at the track near the conclusion of the NASCAR Pennsylvania 400 race.
Zimmerman was pronounced dead in the emergency room at the Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg, at 6:11 p.m. Allen said Zimmerman was standing next to his car when he was struck at about 4:56 p.m.