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6 injured after lightning strike at PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta - Global News

Six people were injured Saturday when lightning struck a 60-foot pine at the Tour Championship where they were taking cover from rain and showered them with debris, Atlanta police said.The third round of the season-ending PGA Tour event had been suspended for about 30 minutes because of storms in the area, and fans were instructed to seek shelter. The strike hit the top of the tree just off the 16th tee and shattered the bark all the way to the bottom.A person is treated by emergency medical personnel after lightning struck a pine tree during a weather delay during the third round of the Tour Championship golf tournament at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 24 August 2019. Several people were treated in the incident. The tournament, which runs through 25 August, is the finale of the FedExCup playoffs.EPA/ERIK S. LESSERREAD MORE: Lightning strike blamed for downed hydro poles near PeterboroughBrad Uhl of Atlanta was among those crammed under a hospital tent to the right of the 16th hole that was open to the public.“There was just a big explosion and then an aftershock so strong you could feel the wind from it,” Ulh said after the last of the ambulances pulled out of the golf course. “It was just a flash out of the corner of the eye. It was raining and everyone was huddled near the tree.”Uhl said the people on the ground were moving around before the ambulances arrived.A person is treated by emergency medical personnel after lightning struck a pine tree during a weather delay during the third round of the Tour Championship golf tournament at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 24 August 2019.EPA/ERIK S. LESSERREAD MORE: Lightning strike at Ebb and Flow First Nation sends 13 to hospitalAtlanta Police spokesman James H. White III said five men and one female juvenile had sought shelter beneath a tree. Lightning struck the tree and all six were injured. He said there were taken to hospitals for further treatment, all of them alert, conscious and breathing.WATCH: Calgary house catches fire after lightning strike


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