Looking Back – June 27

2007

Electricity from a lightning strike was thought to have traveled through wet grass into a garage in Elizabethtown, zapping a 12-year-old girl who was watching the storm from inside.

1992

Cooler-than-normal temperatures not only staved off a drought in the rain-starved Columbus area but also held the insect population in check.

1967

A Golden Foundry maintenance worker was crushed fatally while working on a core-making machine when its hydraulic mechanism was accidentally tripped.