Golfer records himself being struck by lightning on Cincinnati course
A golfer films the moment lightning strikes him during a severe storm in Cincinnati, OH.
A lightning strike sent 16 inmates at an Ohio state prison to the hospital the evening of Aug. 11, authorities said.
The lightning hit at the Grafton Correctional Institution in Grafton, Ohio, about 30 miles outside of Cleveland, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
The 16 inmates were transported to an outside hospital, including one who was life-flighted, the department said in a statement posted to social media. Nobody had died as of the evening of Aug. 11.
At the time of the strike, the inmates were “returning from the evening meal,” the department said. It was not clear where they were when they were injured. USA TODAY has reached out to the department for more information.
There was a severe thunderstorm watch in place the evening of Aug. 11 through about 8 p.m. ET in northwest and north-central Ohio, with the main hazard identified as wind gusts of over 60 mph, according to the National Weather Service Office in Cleveland.
Each year, about 37 million lightning strikes hit the ground in the United States, and an average of 400 people are struck. The odds of it happening are about 1 in 1.2 million, according to the National Weather Service. Though almost 90% of all lightning strike victims survive, 517 people died between 2006 and 2025 in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.