CLEARWATER, Fla. — A woman is dead after being struck by lightning on Sand Key in Clearwater, according to the Clearwater Police Department (CPD).
At 7:45 p.m., CPD and Clearwater Fire & Rescue responded to a report of a woman struck by lightning.
Upon arrival, a 73-year-old woman, later identified as Kathleen Carrick, was found dead on a sidewalk inside the Bayside Gardens IV complex at the 1300 block of Gulf Boulevard.
There were no witnesses to the incident; a man discovered her body on the sidewalk after storms rolled through the area.
