(Washington) Four people were seriously injured after being struck by lightning outside the White House, firefighters said Thursday.
Posted yesterday at 8:23 p.m.
The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department said the four people — two men and two women — were injured in Lafayette Park, located just outside the White House complex.
Agents from the Secret Service and the United States Park Police witnessed the lightning strike and ran to provide first aid to the injured, officials said.
Emergency medical teams were dispatched to the scene shortly before 7 p.m. and transported the victims to hospital with “serious life-threatening injuries”, fire department spokesman Vito Maggiolo said.
Part of the park remained closed for more than an hour Thursday evening with emergency crews at the scene.