Crime & Safety

Berwyn Woman Struck by Lightning: Police

She was taken to a local hospital Thursday with serious injuries.

BOLINGBROOK, IL — A 34-year-old Berwyn woman was struck by lightning Thursday while walking on Janes Avenue in Bolingbrook.

Bolingbrook police Lt. Carter Larry said the woman was walking southbound in the 300 block of Janes Avenue when she was hit “by what appears to be a lightning strike.”

Responding police officers performed CPR on the woman until paramedics arrived and took her to a hospital with serious injuries.

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By Scott Viau (Patch Staff). Image via shutterstock.

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