{"id":124,"date":"2026-08-27T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=124"},"modified":"2026-08-27T00:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:01:09","slug":"mother-and-2-year-old-killed-by-lightning-strike-in-florida-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=124","title":{"rendered":"Mother and 2-year-old killed by lightning strike in Florida neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-08-24\/Getty_Ambulancelights_082426.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Fire department ambulance responds to the scene of an emergency.(MattGush\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">(NEW YORK) &#8212; A mother and her 2-year-old daughter were killed Sunday after being struck by lightning in a neighborhood north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Margate Police Department and Margate Fire Rescue responded to a 911 call at about 2:30 p.m. on Sunday that two individuals had been struck by lightning and were found lying on the sidewalk in Margate, Florida, according to a Margate Police Department press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It appeared as though the woman and her daughter had just exited their car when lightning hit them, sending their bodies to the ground, witness Prince Moody told\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">ABC Miami<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The mother, identified as 31-year-old Kenya Glasgow, was rushed to North Broward Medical Center in Deerfield Beach, and her daughter to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, accompanied by a police escort, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Both victims were pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospitals, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">First responders and medical personnel immediately provided CPR and other life-saving efforts upon arriving at the scene, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Moody said he rushed outside to help after seeing an orange glow through his window and being told by his son that a lady had been hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;Very traumatic scene,&#8221; Moody said. &#8220;I offered aid as much as I could, calmed the family down, and I started praying. I called 911 immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It was very emotional to see two lifeless bodies on the ground, Moody said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Margate Police Department is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Police have not released any additional details at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire department ambulance responds to the scene of an emergency.(MattGush\/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) &#8212; A mother and her 2-year-old daughter were killed Sunday after being struck by lightning in a neighborhood north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to officials. Margate Police Department and Margate Fire Rescue responded to a 911 call at about 2:30 p.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}