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3 Rhode Island Children Indirectly Struck By Lightning

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GLOCESTER, R.I. (CBS) – Three children were taken to the hospital after they were indirectly struck by lightning in Glocester, Rhode Island on Sunday.

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Police said the kids, ages 5, 13 and 14, were playing in a yard around 4 p.m. when they were indirectly hit by lightning.

The children suffered non-life threatening injuries and were taken to Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence as a precaution.

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