A 5-year-old boy on vacation with his family was struck by lightning at a beach on Sunday, authorities said. The boy was struck at around 4 p.m. at a beach in Carova, North Carolina. His family put him in their SUV and rushed to get help, meeting paramedics on the way to a hospital. But he succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. The identity of the boy has not yet been disclosed and no further details were available.