A 16-year-old girl has died after she was struck by lightning while hunting with her father in Florida, officials say.

Baylee Holbrook and her father had been hunting on Tuesday when lightning “struck a tree, hitting them,” the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said.

Her father lost consciousness and when he awoke he found his daughter was not breathing.

He called 911 and began CPR, and the teen was transported to HCA Florida Putnam Hospital in Palatka, where she was stabilized enough to be taken to a trauma center. She had been listed in critical condition on Wednesday.

On Thursday, the sheriff’s office said it learned that Baylee had “peacefully passed away” that morning surrounded by her family.

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    1 year ago

    As awful as this is, why is this news? Uncaused tragedies happen, everyone knows this. Spreading the word about this on the internet is just spreading misery with no recourse.

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      1 year ago

      What exactly is news, to you, if not recent happenings?

      People say this drives clicks, but this is exactly the kind if story a local newspaper would have published fifty years ago too.

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        A local newspaper. This is relevant to the people who knew her or live in her community. My heart goes out to her friends and family of course, but she ultimately holds zero relevance to me or the vast majority of people here.

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        1 year ago

        Clicks is just the modern equivalent of subscriptions. People 50 years ago subscribed to newspapers to see this kind of stuff.

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      1 year ago

      Would you rather see another close-up image of majorie Taylor Greens horse face?

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      Or its a reminder of our mortality, and that anytime something random can happy to cause us to lose our lives. This means we have to use the time we have with greater purpose because we don’t know when it will end. I can allow us to get closer to those we love and let them know it so should something like this happen to us we’ll know they know we loved them.

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      Yeah, now I’m just sad. I guess it tells people to stop being silly and go inside when there is lightning.

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      A slightly above average looking white woman died. That gets clicks and is the reason the article exists.

      Same reason there are so many stories about missing white women with moderately attractive photos, but you don’t see many for non-white women, men, or less attractive white women.