Georgia boy, 17, dies 11 days after being struck by lightning while walking on a Florida beach with his family Walker Bethune, 17, was struck by lightning on Tigertail Beach in Florida on July 17 He was left unresponsive, according to Marco Island police, but was successfully revived on the scene On Monday a friend reported that Bethune was suffering from brain swelling By Wednesday evening the teen's family reported that he had died earlier in the day He was a senior at Stratford Academy in Macon, Georgia Bethune was one of five people struck by lightning on beaches in Southwest Florida over a 10-day span By Peter Belfiore For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:46 BST, 29 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 BST, 29 July 2021 Viewcomments Georgia teen Walker Bethune (pictured) died Wednesday afternoon, 11 days after he was struck by lightning on a Florida beach A Georgia teen died Wednesday afternoon, 11 days after he was struck by lightning on a Florida Beach. Walker Bethune, 17, was just a few feet away from his family on Tigertail Beach, where they were vacationing on July 17, when he was struck, according to Marco Island police. 'Please know that today’s update comes with heavy hearts for ALL of us that LOVE Walker,' his family reported on social media Wednesday evening. 'He passed away peacefully this afternoon, listening to one of his favorite Allman Brothers songs, appropriately named, “Soulshine.”' Police said they arrived on the scene at 3.51pm, shortly after the lightning strike, and saw Bethune's father, David, administering CPR on his son, who was unresponsive. They were able to successfully revive him on the scene. He was rushed to a local hospital in nearby Naples and then airlifted to another hospital in Miami. Bethune was with family on Tigertail Beach on July 17 when he was struck by lightning that afternoon Bethune was a senior at Stratford Academy in Macon, Georgia, the school reported. He was one of five people struck on beaches in southwest Florida over a 10-day span, and the only one to have died so far On Monday, however, friend Julie Chandler reported that Bethune's brain had begun to swell. 'Please continue in BIG BOLD FIERCE prayer for Walker’s brain and swelling. The goal was to keep him very calm and stable today, which was accomplished,' she wrote. Bethune was a senior at the Stratford Academy in Macon Georgia, the school reported on Facebook. The teen was one of five people struck by lightning on beaches in southwest Florida over a 10-day span in July, the Naples Daily News reported. Bethune's favorite song was 'sunshine' by the Allman Brothers Band, his family said On Monday, a 12-year-old Girl and 38-year-old man were struck on a beach in North Naples, and are in stable condition, according to the outlet. Additionally, a married couple visiting from South Carolina were struck on Saturday in Sanibel. Their church identified the two as Brent and Kristen Jerome. Brent remains in critical condition. Bethune's is the fourth lightning fatality in the United States in 2021, according to the National Weather Service. A lightning warning was declared on Marco Island at 2.15pm the day Bethune was struck, Bob Dugan chief executive officer and president of Thor Guard, a lighting warning system in southwest Florida, told the Naples Daily News reported. The warning ended at 4.03pm, a little more than 10 minutes after police and EMS arrived on the scene. 'That was the last strike from the storm,' Dugan said. Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility