UPDATE: 1 dead, multiple injured in Georgetown County lightning strike

Multiple people possibly struck by lightning in Georgetown County
ABC Team,

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WPDE) — Georgetown County Fire crews say one person has died and multiple people were injured after being struck by lightning.

Crews are on scene near Lawshe Plantation off Indian Hut Road. Georgetown County Fire says a tree was struck by lightning, injuring the people near it.

The National Weather Service reported the strike at 4 North Sampit in Georgetown around 2:10 p.m. They say 12 people were injured and four were unresponsive.

Firefighters tell us three people have been taken to the hospital. One person is said to be in critical condition and the other two sustained minor injuries.

The victim has been identified as 44-year-old Ryan Gamble, of Andrews, according to Georgetown County Deputy Coroner Chase Ridgeway.

“We were in the water. A storm came fast. We couldn’t get Bach and it was either sit in the rain and then the lightning hit and it got the tree and then it hit every one of us,” said Billie Camlin who lives in Georgetown.

When asked what it was like, Camlin said, “Like a shock through your body. Indescribable.”

The group of people affected were all family and friends, aged between 9-46 Camlin said.

Camlin said one person “wasn’t good” and CPR was performed on them.

“We were just sitting in the river waiting for the storm to blow over. The lightning hit the tree and ran through all of us,” said Joseph Dalzell. “I was worried about everyone, who was okay and who wasn’t…I’m amazed it happened; wasn’t expecting it.”

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