MADISON, Conn. - A state official says one person has died and four remain hospitalized after lightning struck a pavilion at Hamonasset Beach State Park in Madison.
Dennis Schain of the Department of Environmental Protection says the lightning struck shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday near the West Beach parking area.
The names of the victims have not been released. Schain says the person who died was brought to the Shoreline Clinic in Essex.
No other details are available.
At least 4 people are injured, one "very seriously", and at least one is dead after being struck by lightning during a thunderstorm which passed over a park located in Madison, Connecticut.

According to the city's local chapter of the environmental Protection Agency, lightning struck a pavilion at approximately 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) at Hamonasset Beach State Park.

The names ofthe victims have not yet been released. At least four people remained hospitalized.  Nearly 26,000 people are reported to have lost power when the storms moved through the area.