Children injured after being struck by lightning

Published August 27, 2014 8:26pm ET



AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three children were hospitalized after being struck by lightning while on a soccer field in the Austin area.

Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Capt. Darren Noak said the children were injured Tuesday afternoon on the field in Bee Cave. The children were all initially taken to Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, but Noak said one of the children was transferred in critical condition late Tuesday night to the burn unit at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.

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