Lightning strike kills two, injures two others near White House

Emergency medical crews on Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and Lafayette Park after a lightning strike hits four people, August 4 [@dcfireems via AP]

A lightning strike killed two people and critically injured two others near the White House in Washington, DC late on Thursday, local authorities have said.

The Washington Metropolitan Police Department said James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75, of Wisconsin, died of their injuries after the lightning strike in Lafayette Park, directly outside the White House complex.