ZAVALLA, Texas (AP) — Two boys have survived a lightning strike in East Texas while both were in a metal deer stand in the Angelina National Forest.

Angelina County Sheriff Greg Sanches says one of the boys was hospitalized in Lufkin then transferred to Houston but that both youths, ages 14 and 15, should be fine.

Recommended Stories

Is ‘frontier intelligence’ a sustainable business strategy?

Don’t raise the ceiling without a plan

The Mahoning Valley came home, but it did not come back