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Updated: 12:01 PM Jun 29, 2011
Officials: 5 injured in Columbia lightning strike
A spokesman for the Columbia Fire Department says the workers were near the tree at apartments near Benedict College when it was struck by lightning in a storm that rolled through downtown Tuesday afternoon.
Posted: 9:34 PM Jun 28, 2011Reporter: The Associated Press |
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County officials say five landscapers were injured after lightning struck a tree near a college campus in downtown Columbia.
A spokesman for the Columbia Fire Department says the workers were near the tree at apartments near Benedict College when it was struck by lightning in a storm that rolled through downtown Tuesday afternoon.
One person was taken to a hospital, but authorities said those injuries were non-life threatening.
(Copyright 2011, The Associated Press)
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