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Three students from Palombi Middle School in Lake Villa are recuperating this morning after being injured in a lightning strike while waiting for their school bus.
The girls were taken to Condell's medical center in Libertyville after the strike, reported around 7:16 am near Ottawa and Lotus at Round Lake Heights.
Charlene Monk, whose 13-year-old daughter Carrington was among the wounded girls, said she thought the three men would be kept overnight in Condell for observation.
"I'm grateful that they're all fine," she said.
Monk said that her daughter had told her that she and the other two girls had gone to take shelter under a tree when a storm arrived while they were waiting for their school bus.
"They saw the lightning and they all fell back," said Monk, adding that his daughter had lost consciousness after the strike.
She and her husband were quickly notified of the strike and rushed from their Round Lake Heights home to the bus stop, where they could talk with Carrington before an ambulance took him. in Condell.
Greater Carrot District Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Tony Carraro said nine students from Lake Villa District 41 were waiting at the bus stop when lightning struck. One parent took his son off because of the strong storm that blew 9-1-1, Carraro said.
A police officer from Round Lake Heights arrived first at the scene and found one student unconscious and two reagents.
"We moved all the kids we could move to a nearby garage to get out of the storm," Carraro said. "Then we called four ambulances to help us."
Carraro said the other six students either went to school or stayed home with their parents.
"It's the worst nightmare of all parents," he said, adding that he had children who frequented Palombi. "This is certainly not something you want to hear about."
Alex Barbour, Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning in District 41, said lightning did not appear directly to students or nearby trees. Their wounds do not seem to threaten life, he said.
"Typically, students do not wait very long at bus stops, they wait in a house, in a garage or in a car for a bus," Barbour said. "I'm not sure that there is anything we, as a district, could have done differently to prevent this from happening."
The district has and will continue to educate students about weather safety, and continues to inform parents of the current situation, he added. District officials also warned parents of lightning through a phone message recorded Thursday morning.
Updates will continue with messages on the district website and on the Facebook page.
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