Medics evaluate 15 after lightning strike at suburban cabin
Posted June 03, 2021 7:00 am
TRAFALGAR, Ind. (AP) - Medics evaluated about 15 children and took two to a hospital as a precaution Thursday after lightning struck a south suburban Indianapolis cabin, authorities said.
None of the injuries appeared serious. Several children and adults reported minor pain from being shocked, Johnson County deputies said.
The lightning struck a wooden cabin at the FFA Indiana Leadership Center in Trafalgar during a severe thunderstorm.
There was no damage to any of the buildings at the FFA center, said Joe Ramey, the center's executive director.
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