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A nine-year-old girl has died and her older sister is in the hospital after a lightning strike in Moultrie.
Colquitt County Coroner Verlyn Brock told ABC 27 Nicol Mateo Pedro was walking with her mom and 15-year-old sister when a storm passed through Tom White Linear Park Friday.
Brock said the three of them gathered under a wooden shelter to avoid the rain when the lightning struck a pine tree adjacent to them. Brock said the girl was transported to Colquitt Regional Medical Center, where she later died.
Her sister is recovering at a burn center in Augusta. Their mom was not hurt.
About ten years ago, I got trapped out in the middle of nowhere with one tree to go hide under; no thanks. So I lay down in an open field getting smacked by hard rain, light hail, and mother nature's artillery barrage playing for me for about 20 minutes. I almost fell asleep. True.
R.C.