(Image source from: Lightning kills one injures two in Fort Myers})

Lightning hit 3 people on Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday afternoon, killing one and injuring two others as horrifying onlookers looked on in awe.

Matt Rector, who works at All Island Water Booth on the sand of Fort Myers Beach and is CPR certified, immediately ran after the lightning struck.

"It was loud," Rector said. "It was a flash of white and then a crack."

"We saw a big explosion like a firework," Clara Nouri said, who was eating lunch with her family at their vacation home.

Lee County Sheriff's officials hadn't released the names of the victims or issued a detailed report as of Tuesday night.

AW: Suchorita Choudhury