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16 hospitalized after lightning strike at Ohio correctional facility
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Key Points:
- A lightning strike at Grafton Correctional Institution injured 16 incarcerated individuals, who were sent to hospitals for treatment Wednesday evening.
- The incident occurred as inmates were returning from their evening meal at the facility located about 30 miles southwest of Cleveland.
- One person was airlifted to a hospital, but no deaths have been reported.
- Grafton Correctional Institution houses over 2,000 minimum and medium security inmates and has been operational since 1988.
- Officials are continuing to monitor the situation, with no further updates released at this time.
