St. Johns County Fire Rescue: 3 people injured by lightning strike at St. Augustine Pier
The agency said first responders treated and evacuated three patients Saturday afternoon.
One was transported in critical condition to a local trauma center. Another person who had minor injuries was taken to a local hospital. And a third person refused transport, according to the St. Johns Fire Rescue post on Facebook.
Both St. Johns and St. Augustine Fire Department personnel were at the scene and evacuating patients, according to the initial post at 3:07 p.m.
They asked the public to avoid the pier while emergency operations were ongoing. They also urged people to go inside when they hear thunder.
The St. Augustine strike comes two days after a pair of teenagers were killed by lightning in Waycross, Ga.
The Waycross mayor said Joey Nelson and Randall Martin III were struck by lightning on July 10 during a summer storm, reported First Coast News, the Times-Union news partner.
The mayor and Martin's family told First Coast News that he was on a fishing trip with his friend, Joey Nelson — a 2024 graduate of Ware County High — when the two were struck by lightning during a storm and died near their vehicle.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Lightning strike injures 3 people at St. Augustine Pier
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