A minimum of 5 properties within the space of Sedona Drive in North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, had been hit by lightning, together with the house the place the teenage lady was struck.
The fireplace captain of the Circleville Fireplace Division, Keith Grey, mentioned the lightning went by means of the lady's pinky finger and out of her left leg.
Giana Scaramuzzo mentioned she was handled by EMS and is OK.
"Impulsively I hear the loud sound of thunder, and I see lightning, and I see it replicate from my mirror, and abruptly I really feel like a shock in my pinky, after which it goes up my physique and out by means of my leg," Scaramuzzo mentioned.
She mentioned paramedics took her blood stress, which was regular, in addition to an EKG. She mentioned the EKG was despatched to a neighborhood hospital.
"I am slightly scared, nonetheless in shock. It is sort of like I am shaky and uneasy too," Scaramuzzo mentioned.
In whole, the Circleville hearth chief mentioned no less than 5 properties alongside Sedona Drive had been struck by lightning.
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One of many properties was broken and there's a gap within the roof. Nobody was injured in that house.
"There's a couple of 12-by-12 gap in the home," Circleville Fireplace Chief Craig Couchenour mentioned.
"It blew just about all of the drywall on the one facet of the lounge out."