5-year-old dies after being struck by lightening

Authorities say a 5-year-old boy on vacation with his family died after being struck by lightning on a North Carolina beach.

According to WTVD-TV, authorities say the family was on the beach yesterday in Carova at about 4 p.M. When the child was struck.

The family put the boy in their SUV and met EMS partway.

He was then taken to a hospital where he died. Authorities did not identify the family.