Two individuals have been taken to the hospital Saturday after lightning struck a tree near a house alongside a golf course that’s internet hosting the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.
The house is simply north of the fifth inexperienced at TPC River Highlands, which is internet hosting the tournament one week after the U.S. Open.
Cromwell Police began getting 911 calls round 4:30 p.m. a few lightning strike. When first responders arrived, they discovered a tree that had been hit and three individuals who have been near it.
Cromwell Fire Department Chief Jason Brade stated in an announcement that an emergency medical crew handled two individuals and took them to the hospital for additional analysis. He didn’t elaborate on their situation. A 3rd particular person refused therapy.
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Weather delayed the third spherical of the Travelers Championship, the place earlier in the day Cameron Young shot a 59 for the PGA Tour’s first sub-60 spherical in 4 years. At one level Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued a twister warning for a area simply north of Cromwell.
Lightning is an ever-present hazard on golf programs. In 2019, six individuals have been injured when a strike hit a 60-foot pine tree on the Tour Championship.