text:  That's when he was struck by lightning. Police found him in the sand, unresponsive. Despoto pronounced dead after being taken to a nearby hospital. It was just two months ago that the town of Seaside Park approved the funding to install lightning warning systems along their beach. That framework yet to be implemented. Shifting gears, state trooper gets obscene gesture, and now the state of Vermont is on the hook for six figures. Sue Aller explains.