More than a dozen people were hospitalized, including one who was airlifted, after a lightning strike at an Ohio correctional facility Tuesday evening.

According to JoEllen Smith, chief of communications for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC), initial reports indicate the lightning strike occurred at Grafton Correctional Institution Tuesday evening as incarcerated individuals were returning from “evening meal.”

Sixteen people were transported to an outside hospital for treatment, officials said.

In a news release, the ODRC said no deaths had been reported at the Lorain County prison.

The reported lightning strike comes…

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