WINTER SPRINGS, FL — A Florida woman was killed Thursday by lightning that also struck her child and a dog, authorities said.
by lightningThe incident occurred on Thursday afternoon in Winter Springs, a small city in central Florida's Seminole County, some 15 miles north of Orlando. The Winter Springs Police Department said it received multiple reports of people possibly being struck by lightning near Trotwood Park at about 2:20 p.m. local time and deployed officers to the scene.
Seminole County Public Schools confirmed that the victims included a Keeth Elementary School student and their parent. Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma said it was"a tragic day in the City of Winter Springs and the entire Seminole County Community." The death brings the total number of lightning-related fatalities in the United States so far this year to 14. Based on the past decade, an average of 18 lightning deaths occur in the country by mid-August, according to data compiled by John Jensenius, a meteorologist with the National Lightning Safety Council who retired from the National Weather Service in 2019 after more than 41 years with the agency.
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