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The Independent UK
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Katie Hawkinson

Teen hospitalized after lightning strikes family sheltering under umbrella on Florida beach

Beachgoers seen at St. Pete Beach in Florida. A teen was hospitalized Friday after she and her family were struck by lightning on the beach - (Getty Images)

A 17-year-old girl is in the hospital after lightning struck her and her family on a Florida beach just outside St. Petersburg.

The family of three was struck by lightning while sitting under an umbrella at St. Pete Beach on Independence Day, local outlet Bay News 9 reports. The St. Pete Beach Fire Department responded to a call about the incident just after noon local time.

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