3 people dead, 1 hospitalized after lightning strike in DC

WASHINGTON — A third person has died and one other person remains hospitalized in critical condition following a lightning strike near the White House in Northwest D.C. 

The lightning strike claimed the lives of a married couple in their 70s and a 29-year-old man. A fourth person remains in the hospital. 

In a press conference Thursday night, officials explained that just after 6:50 p.m. officials received a call about the lightning strike in Lafayette Park involving multiple people. 

U.S. Secret Service agents and U.S. Park…