Delco boy, 5, fatally hit by lightning on N.C. beach
A 5-year-old Delaware County boy died Sunday after he was struck by lightning at an Outer Banks beach in North Carolina, a fire official said.
A 5-year-old Delaware County boy died Sunday after he was struck by lightning at an Outer Banks beach in North Carolina, a fire official said.
Stephen Little, of Lansdowne, was with his family at a four-wheel-drive area on the beach in Carova, N.C., near the Virginia border, when a thunderstorm approached, said Chief Ralph Melton of the Currituck County Fire EMS.
"It came up pretty quick," Melton said.
The family was trying to seek shelter in their SUV when the boy was struck, Melton said.
"They were doing what they should be doing," he said. "It just got them."
The family called 911 at 4:11 p.m. When emergency personnel arrived to meet them, the boy was in cardiac arrest and had suffered significant traumatic injuries, Melton said.
The boy was transported to Sentara Princess Anne Hospital in Virginia Beach, Va., where he was pronounced dead, Melton said.
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