jacqui stavis ( age 28 ) of new orleans was pronounced dead at a local hospital on saturday . webre said stavis unresponsive after the lightning strike occurred friday around 10:05 p.m. stavis was pronounced dead saturday at a lafourche parish hospital , webre said . see more of t - bois blues fest on facebook a new orleans woman was killed and two others injured when lightning struck on or near their tent at the t - bois blues festival in larose , authorities said sunday ( march 18 ) . all three people were injured after a lightning strike . investigators learned the three women see more of scott plaisance on facebook one dead , two injured following lightning strike at larose music festival sheriff craig webre reported one woman has died , and two others were hospitalized after a lightning strike friday night at a larose outdoor music festival . her two other women was killed in the incident . lafourche parish sheriff craig webre identified the dead woman as 28 - year - old jacqui stavis , a massage therapist from new orleans . a 30 - year - old woman remained hospitalized . friends described stavis , a new orleans massage therapist , became the nation ’s first lightning fatality of 2016 , according to national weather service records .