Yesterday it became known that as a result of a lightning strike that hit Lafayette Park last Thursday evening near the White House, which is protected from lightning by modern devices, 3 people were killed and another was injured in a “very critical” condition in the hospital, RIA Novosti reports. agencies and local media, citing the Washington Metropolitan Police.
And US officials announced that 4 people were transferred in critical condition after they were struck by lightning in a park, and they are two men and two women, including a man and his wife from Wisconsin, who were in Washington for a fiftieth birthday celebration. The sixth anniversary of their marriage.
And it appeared in pictures released by the fire department to the media, as well as video, ambulances and at least one fire engine with bright lights working at the scene of the accident, against the backdrop of a severe thunderstorm that hit the American capital that night. .
The lightning strike came out like a bolt of lightning as many people ran from the storm towards one of the trees in the garden, according to what emerged from another video of a truck being struck by lightning and its lightning going through it. causing fire, sparks and smoke as the cars continued to move for some more time.