UPDATE: A 16-year-old girl who was struck by lightning died on Aug. 19, according to the Pinellas County Medical Examiner's Office.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Four teens, ages 16 and 17, were injured Thursday afternoon after they were struck by lightning in St. Petersburg.
A girl went into cardiac arrest, and one of the children suffered burns.
According to St. Petersburg Fire Rescue, the four were standing under a Banyan tree at the corner of Third Street and Beach Drive near downtown around 5:45 p.m. as a powerful line of thunderstorms moved through the area.
Paramedics arriving at the scene found a girl and boy under the tree.
The girl had gone into cardiac arrest, officials said. Paramedics restored her pulse, and she was upgraded to a trauma alert when she arrived at Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital in St. Petersburg.
The boy was transported to the same hospital and is listed in stable condition.
A boy, who suffered burns, and a girl also told paramedics they were under the tree when the lightning struck.
They were treated at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, officials said. Both are listed in stable condition.
