BUFORD, Ga. – Three people were killed and six were injured when they were struck by lightning (search) at a park Sunday.
The nine were on a tree-lined walkway connecting a beach to a parking lot when lightning hit a tree at Buford Dam Park (search) on Lake Lanier, a spokesman for the Gwinnett Police Department said.
Two men and a woman died instantly, Gwinnett fire spokesman Thomas Rutledge said. Six others were taken to area hospitals; none suffered life-threatening injuries, according to hospital officials.
The group was visiting the park about 35 miles northeast of Atlanta (search) when a major storm hit and forced everyone there to leave the water.
The names of the victims had not been released late Sunday.
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