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Lightning Strike At South Carolina Dam Leaves 12 Hospitalized

by Andrew Powell
June 25, 2025 at 3:30 pm
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A sunny afternoon at a lakeside beach in South Carolina took a sudden and dangerous turn when an unexpected lightning strike sent more than a dozen people to local hospitals. The incident occurred Tuesday at Dominion Beach Park, near Lake Murray Dam, where families had gathered to enjoy the warm weather.

Emergency responders from Lexington County quickly arrived and assessed 20 individuals — among them 12 children. Eighteen were treated on-site, and 12 were transported to hospitals with injuries officials described as non-life-threatening.

County spokesperson Vanessa Diaz said all patients are expected to recover, according to the Associated Press.

Nunerous people injured from a lightning strike near the Lake Murray dam at the swim area. The lightning strike appears to have hit directly on radarscope. This occurred during the isolated pop-up storm earlier. @NWSColumbia @ChrisJacksonSC @COweatherman #LightningSafety pic.twitter.com/UT9VNYqtM9

— Bryan Sharpe (@TBLwx803) June 24, 2025

The lightning hit the water while several swimmers were near or holding onto a metal cable surrounding the designated swim area.

“Everybody got quite a jolt,” the Irmo Fire District shared in a social media post. “We’re so fortunate that injuries were not worse than they were.”

UPDATE from Irmo Fire about the lightning ⚡️ strike at Lake Murray late Tuesday afternoon, 20 people checked out by EMS & 12 sent to local hospitals. #WIS10 #FirstAlert pic.twitter.com/k39a8IZPSH

— Judi Gatson (@JudiGatson) June 25, 2025

We are getting reports that 18 people were injured after a lightning strike at Lake Murray near Columbia, SC this afternoon. Notice that the strike 1 mile south of the dam was away from where the rain was falling. The emergency manager says 6 adults and 12 children were injured. pic.twitter.com/lijULbmFyj

— ChrisHolcomb11Alive (@ChrisHolcomb) June 24, 2025

Minor burns were reported, with the most severe injuries sustained by those in contact with the cable, Irmo Fire District spokesperson Sloane Valentino confirmed.

The National Weather Service’s Matt Gropp described the bolt as “a bolt from the blue,” a rare but dangerous phenomenon where a lightning strike emerges from a storm several miles away. Despite partly sunny skies above the beach, a developing storm just to the south likely generated the strike. “It was one of the first strikes of the storm and the people there weren’t expecting it,” Gropp explained.

Authorities closed the beach temporarily to conduct safety checks, with plans to reopen the park by Wednesday once it was cleared.

Watch the video below:

🚨🇺🇸#BREAKING |NEWS ⚠️
18 people were struck by lightning around 4:45 PM near the lake Murray Dam in South Carolina, 6 adults and 12 children were taken to the hospital this happened at the Lake Murray Park in Lexington, South Carolina story still developing. pic.twitter.com/geaWl6Hqtx

— Todd Paron🇺🇸🇬🇷🎧👽 (@tparon) June 24, 2025
Tags: Dominion Beach ParkLake Murray DamLightning strikeSouth CarolinaU.S. News
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