1 dead, 13 injured by lightning strike at New Jersey archery range Rebecca CohenJuly 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM A 61yearold man is dead after a group of people was struck by lightning at a New Jersey archery range Wednesday night, police said.
- - - 1 dead, 13 injured by lightning strike at New Jersey archery range
Rebecca CohenJuly 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A 61-year-old man is dead after a group of people was struck by lightning at a New Jersey archery range Wednesday night, police said.
Thirteen others, including a 7-year-old, were injured in the lightning strike at the Black Knight Bowbenders archery range in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Injuries ranged from "burns to non-specific complaints of not feeling well," Jackson Township police chief Matthew D. Kunz said.
At least four of of the victims are children and were taken to the hospital with burns, said Jerry Mindurski, president of the archery club.
A view of an entrance to the Black Knight Bowbenders Archery Club in Jackson Township, N.J., on Wednesday. (NBC New York)
Three adult instructors were also taken to the hospital, he said, noting that the person who died was a member at the club.
Mindurski said he did not know the conditions of the other victims or what hospitals they were taken to.
First responders performed CPR on one man after police were called around 7:13 p.m., and another person was unconscious but regained consciousness, Kunz said in a news release. It was not immediately clear if the person given CPR was the man who died or someone else.
Mindurski said he was "praying for family members of the man that was killed and those that got hurt."
"It's all so sudden," he said.
Emergency personnel attend to victims of a lightning strike at the Black Knight Bowbenders Archery Club in Jackson Township, N.J., on Wednesday. (NBC New York)
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has been briefed on the situation, he said on X.
"Please pray for everyone involved in this tragic incident," Murphy added.
Thunderstorms were expected across much of the eastern and central U.S. Wednesday, including New Jersey. Jackson Township is about 30 miles east of Trenton, the state capital.
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