Wednesday, June 22, 2016

An 11-year-old girl has died after lightning toppled a tree onto a cabin at a southeastern Indiana camp


Girl, 11, dies at summer camp when lightning topples tree onto cabin






Wednesday, June 22, 2016 12:26PM
BENNINGTON, Ind. -- Authorities say an 11-year-old girl has died after lightning toppled a tree onto a cabin at a southeastern Indiana camp.

The Switzerland County Sheriff's Office says the girl, three adult camp counselors and other campers were inside the cabin about 2 a.m. Tuesday when the tree fell on the building. Police say she was pronounced dead on the scene at Camp Livingston in Bennington, about 40 miles southwest of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Camp Livingston officials posted a message on the camp's Facebook page saying no one else was injured and that the girl's name won't be released.

Several rounds of storms passed through the area early Tuesday. The National Weather Service warned of high winds, heavy rain and frequent lightning.