A five year old boy on Sunday afternoon was struck to death by a lightning to death on North Carolina’s outer Banks according to Ralph Melton of Currituck County Fire and EMS.
The boy died from traumatic injuries at a hospital despite efforts to resuscitate him, Melton said.
His family had been vacationing on Carova Beach when a storm started. They were in the process of taking shelter in the car when the son was struck.
The boy’s death in North Carolina would be the 21st lightning death in the United States so far in 2016 — 12 of the deaths have occurred in July.