- Lightning struck a training area at the military base near Augusta, Georgia.
- The soldier’s name has not been released.
Lightning killed a soldier and wounded nine others Wednesday in Fort Gordon, near Augusta, Georgia.
Base authorities said the lightning struck around 11:10 a.m., injuring soldiers in a training area, the Associated Press reports.
The storms were moving around the area at the time.
“It is with a heavy heart that Fort Gordon confirms that one of the soldiers in this afternoon’s lighting strike succumbed to his wounds,” Anne Bowman, Fort Gordon’s deputy public affairs officer, said in a statement. , according to the Augusta Chronicle.
Bowman said the soldier’s identity will not be revealed until his relatives have been notified.
The base also did not release any information about the conditions of the other soldiers.
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