The victims were near a statue of Andrew Jackson, Maggiolo said, adding that 'it appeared they were in the vicinity of a tree.'
Two people who were critically injured in a lightning strike outside the White House have died, police confirmed to CBS News Friday. Two others remained hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
The two other people, a man and a woman, were in critical condition, the police department said. Their identities were not immediately released. Uniformed Secret Service agents and U.S. Park Police officers who were in the area and witnessed the strike provided first aid to the victims, Maggiolo said.
A CBS News camera that was recording on the White House North Lawn around the time of the lightning strike captured the powerful rumble of the thunder.
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