Officials said on Friday that a family of the trio was linked under a umbrella on a beach in Pinellus County, Florida.
St. Pete Beach Fire Rescue was sent to the spot at 12:19, said Deputy Fire Chief Adam Pairer. Porrier said that several units of the Fire Rescue Team and the Pinellus County Sheriff Office responded and provided emergency assistance.
Two adult victims were treated on-seas and refused further treatment. A 17 -year -old girl was rushed to Tampa General Hospital. There was no immediate update available on his situation.
CBS affiliate WTSP reports That the family stood under his umbrella during a storm. Jennifer Tilman said that he saw the whole thing with his apartment with a beach scene.
“You can hear it, it was closer and close, and then it happened,” Tilman told the WTSP. “I don’t know, I don’t know. It was just one of those things, I don’t know that you can never do – you can’t ignore.”
Tilman said that after the power strike, a good Samri picked up the girl. He said that the other two people appeared in shock after the strike.
The images of the scene sang the umbrella of the family and shown in half, with other items damaged by the electric strike. Dead guls were also visible in the area.
The safest place during electric storm is inside, Disease control and prevention centersThe agency recommends against carrying any metal items, including umbrellas. Metal can operate electricity, and a person can be hit with electricity when a conductor is carried above the height of the condor.
“If you are out on the beach or anywhere with a umbrella that is taller than you, you are really making an electric rod,” said WTSP meteorologist Bobby Deskins.
Tilman said that a few hours after the incident, the storm was out and the new beach came to celebrate with fireworks on 4 July.
“A whole new wave of people arrived,” said Tilman. “As if nothing happened.”
The south -west of St. Peat Beach Tampa is a small town on the island of a barrier in the Pinellus County, about 20 miles south -west.
