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1 of 3 Hurt by Indy Lightning Strike Goes Home

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ An Indianapolis summer camp says one of three children injured by a lightning strike has been released from a hospital.
 
  Goldman Union Camp Institute camp director Rabbi Mark Covitz said in a statement posted Monday on its website and Facebook page that the unidentified boy is home with his family.<br />  
  The lightning strike Saturday injured a 12-year-old Loveland, Ohio, boy and two 9-year-olds _ a Chesterfield, Mo., girl, and a boy from the Louisville, Ky., area, police have said.
 
  Information about the campers still hospitalized wasn’t available Monday.
 
  Police said the children were in a field when the lightning strike occurred about 1:40 p.m. Saturday. Camp counselors began lifesaving efforts before medics arrived.
 
  The Reform Jewish camp serves children in the Midwest entering grades three to 12.

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