Two people hospitalised after lightning strike near PGA tournament course

NEW YORK – Two people were taken to hospital Saturday after a lightning strike near a home at TPC River Highlands, the course hosting the US PGA Tour Travelers Championship, the local fire department said.A release from the Cromwell Fire Department said the Connecticut town’s police department began receiving emergency calls regarding a lightning strike at a house located near the course’s fifth green around 4:26 pm — about an hour after play was halted because of thunderstorms in the area.”On arrival, first responders identified a tree struck by lightning and three patients near the…