#LIGHTNING STRIKE KILLS 16 PLUS#

Kathy McAvoy, the school’s principal, said grief counseling would likely available on Monday. Published: 8:50 AM CDT Updated: 6:14 PM CDT BOSQUE COUNTY, Texas Two people were hit by lightning in Bosque County on Monday, according to the Sheriff Trace Hendricks. McLain was going to be an eighth-grader at Mt. The lightning strike came from an isolated thunderstorm, which is typical with warm temperatures and a bit of humidity in the air, Roch Rivard, a spokesman for Environment Canada, told the Daily Gleaner. Brutal lightning strike kills two people on Mexican beach.

#LIGHTNING STRIKE KILLS 16 PLUS#

Im guessing the power of the strike, plus the wet sand was why this was so deadly. “It was just thunder and lightning at the same time with no warning whatsoever,” LeBlanc told the Daily Gleaner. The woman died at the scene, and the man died later at the hospital. Ron LeBlanc, a New Brunswick resident whose daughter was playing on an adjacent field, called the lightning strike “a freak of nature.” in the second half of an annual tournament’s championship game.ĭoug Coffin of the Fredericton District Soccer Association told the Daily Gleaner it is up to the on-field officials to decide if playing conditions are too dangerous, but that didn’t appear to be the case Sunday afternoon. McLain was playing for a team from the Lee area in eastern Penobscot County.

Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton as a precaution, according to the Fredericton Daily Gleaner.Ī 16-year-old linesman was also taken to the hospital.īut was not seriously injured, the Canadian newspaper reported.

The lightning struck McLain directly, said Marion Edwards, her great-grandmother, who added that emergency medical workers on the field tried to revive the girl. Sarah Elizabeth McLain, of Springfield, was hit without warning on a field near Nashwaakis High School in Fredericton, the Bangor Daily News reported. FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (AP) – A 14-year-old girl from Maine died Sunday after being hit by lightning during a youth soccer game.

Lightning strike kills 16