Lightning strikes N.J. police cars with troopers inside
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. --Lightning struck two New Jersey State Police cruisers while two troopers sat inside of them Tuesday, officials said.
CBS New York reported the troopers were sitting in the separate vehicles at a construction site on the Garden State Parkway in Middle Township, N.J., when the lightning hit them. Neither trooper was seriously injured, but one was taken to a hospital for observation.
2:13 pm Trooper in his vehicle at a construction zone in Middle Twp struck by lightning! He seems to be alright and being evaluated at hosp
— NJSP - State Police (@NJSP) July 21, 2015Police said the other trooper did not require medical attention.