NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – A 29-year-old man struck by lightning Friday on a Volusia County beach has died, officials said. The lightning strike happened on New Smyrna Beach near the 27th Avenue approach.

A 29-year-old Colorado man died Saturday after he was struck by lightning while standing in the ocean under blue skies at New Smyrna Beach in Florida.

A Colorado man was killed after being struck by lightning while on his honeymoon on a beach in central Florida, officials have said. The man, who was 29 years old, was visiting New Smyrna Beach on Florida's east coast, not far from Daytona Beach, and was standing in ankle-deep water when it happened on Friday.