⚡️ 32-YEAR-OLD MAN DIES AFTER REPORTED LIGHTNING STRIKE IN MONROE TOWNSHIP ⚡️

📍 MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ — A 32-year-old man has died after reportedly being struck by lightning Tuesday afternoon near a solar field on Hoffman Station Road, according to Monroe Township Police.

🚔 Police responded around 3 p.m. to the area of 355 Hoffman Station Road after receiving a report that a man may have been struck by lightning.

First responders found the man unconscious in a field. 🚑 Monroe Township EMS and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital paramedics also responded.

🏥 The victim was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where he was pronounced deceased.

Authorities are withholding the man’s identity pending notification of his family. The incident remains under active investigation, and no additional information was immediately available.

⛈️ The reported lightning strike occurred as severe thunderstorms moved across New Jersey Tuesday, bringing dangerous weather, flooding and power outages to parts of the state.

⚠️ Garden State News Network reminds everyone: When thunder roars, go indoors.