Both the rodeo competitor and the horse pass away from lightning strikes.
A rodeo competitor from Nebraska and his horse perished in what is described as a strange accident after being struck by lightning.
Tragically, Terrel Vineyard and his horse, Dose, died on June 21 in the late afternoon close to the Nebraska town of Oshkosh.
According to the Lightning Safety Council, the 27-year-old and Dose were checking on their cattle when lightning struck them. At around 2:00 p.m., local officials received a call and responded to the scene, where Terrel and Dose were both declared dead.
The professional roper is the sixth person recorded to have passed away in the US this year due to a lightning hit, according to the official cause of death report.
According to the US National Weather Service, only around 10% of lightning strikes are fatal, and 90% of those hit by lightning suffer from various degrees of disability.
A lightning strike can trigger a cardiac arrest, however, if the victim has been revived but has sustained irreparable brain damage, some deaths happen several days after the incident.
To help Terrel’s third wife, Stacey, and her three girls, Maddie, Aubree, and Blayke, to whom Terrel was stepfather, a GoFundMe page has been created.
The page’s content praises the Nebraska native as “an amazing young man” who was “very important” to his hometown and has already surpassed 13,000 of its 20,000 objectives.
Terrel was excellent at forming friendships. wherever he was. In addition to making a million new pals along the road, he kept his first ones. He was successful in the arena, but his greatest accomplishments were the connections he formed. Knowing Terrel meant loving Terrel, it said in the endearing summary.
Throughout junior high and college, Terrel excelled in the rodeo arena. He and his horse Cowboy won the American Quarter Horse Association Horse of the Year three times. The dynamic combo additionally qualified twice in team and ribbon roping for the Junior High National Rodeo Finals in Gallup, New Mexico.
Terrel could also enroll in Laramie County Community College’s Cheyenne campus on a full rodeo scholarship.
In the fall of 2020, Terrel made contact with Stacey and began to act as a father figure for her three young daughters. Together, they started a herd of cattle, and earlier this year, they were married in a small ceremony in Colorado in front of their daughters. When Terrel was assassinated, they were preparing for their August wedding reception.
Cowboy State Daily described how Stacey posted a touching remembrance of her deceased spouse on Facebook, saying: “We were wonderful for one another. You cherished me, gave me affection, and made me feel like the most stunning woman. Our time was quite limited. The daughters and I will sorely miss you.
Our thoughts and sincere sympathy are with Terrel Vineyard’s family and friends during this trying time.
