NEWS BRIEF: Fans struck by lightning at Braves game in Florida
The victims were taken to hospital and stabilized.
Photo credit: Courtesy NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015
Two people were struck by lightning Saturday at a spring training game between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees. The strike occurred at 3:45 p.m. in a parking lot at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, police said.
The victims are reported to be a man in his 60s and a woman in her 20s; both were taken to hospital and stabilized. The Yankees were up 10-0 in the sixth inning when the game was suspended due to bad weather. nbcnews.com
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