Grand Canyon lightning victims named

A married couple killed by a lightning bolt near the Grand Canyon this week have been identified as tourists visiting from Thailand.

Aram Kawewong and wife Ratchaya Tantranon, both 20, were among a group of people struck by lightning on Tuesday (local time) at the LeFevre Overlook, about 50km north of the Grand Canyon National Park, the Coconino County Sheriff's Office said.

The two tourists, from Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, were pronounced dead at the scene. Their identities had been withheld pending notification kin, the sheriff's office said.

The lightning bolt also struck and injured a boy who was traveling with another group of adults.