One day after Robert Montgomery was killed by a lightning strike in New Jersey, his sister explained how he was a helper who loved archery.

There was mass chaos at a Cub Scout outing in New Jersey after a lightning strike killed one man and injured at least 14 others, a witness says.

David Robinson, New Jersey’s state climatologist, said Wednesday’s lightning strike that killed one person and injured 14 others was a rare occurrence. The strike at the Black Knights Bow Benders Archery Range in Jackson killed Robert Montgomery, 61 of Cinnaminson, and injured over a dozen Cub Scouts, one as young as 7.

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.

Summer is a busy time for lighting strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each year, officials said.

A series of lightning strikes near the home came as a line of severe thunderstorms rolled through the Kansas City metro overnight.

Heat and humidity fueled a dazzling lightning show across the Washington and Baltimore region on Wednesday night.

Former Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Louis Domingue joins a long list of former NHL players to make the move to European hockey.