Mount Airy?s annual carnival will continue as scheduled this weekend, even after a bolt of lightning that struck a carnival ride Thursday night shocked five people.

As storms passed through the area of the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company, lightning struck the carnival?s Super Shot ride at around 9 p.m., reflecting down to give a group of people 30 feet to 50 feet away a mild electrical shock, said Mount Airy Fire Company spokesman Doug Alexander.