A deadly lightning strike in Jackson Township, New Jersey, turned a Cub Scout outing into mass chaos Wednesday night, a witness said.Eleven boys and two girls with Cub Scout Troop 204 were getting an archery lesson at the Black Knight Bow Benders club when witnesses say,

The odds of being struck by lightning is less than one in a million in a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But people have died from lightning strikes in New Jersey before. In June 2024, a Manchester man was killed in Seaside Park.

The strike hit the ground near a group at the Black Knight Bowbenders archery range, a well-known community site that regularly hosts events, Jackson Township Mayor Michael Reina told New York ABC station WABC.