WASHINGTON (TAUT News) — Two people seriously injured in a lightning strike outside the White House have died, police confirmed to TAUT News on Friday. Two others were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75, of Janesville, Wisconsin, died of their injuries after the lightning strike in Lafayette Park, right outside the White House complex, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
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The other two people, a man and a woman, are in critical condition, police said. Their identities were not immediately released.
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The lightning strike was reported at 6:52 p.m. The victims were near a statue of Andrew Jackson, Maggiolo said, adding that “it looked like they were near a tree.”
Uniformed Secret Service agents and U.S. park police officers who were in the area and witnessed the strike provided first aid to the victims, Maggiolo said.
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