Deadly weather: NY woman fatally struck by lightning at Jersey Shore
- Last Updated: 4:46 PM, July 8, 2012
- Posted: 1:43 AM, July 8, 2012
MONMOUTH BEACH, N.J. — A New York woman who was struck by lightning while visiting the New Jersey shore has died.
The Asbury Park Press reports 48-year-old Indira Tursunova of New City in Rockland County died early Sunday at a hospital, several hours after she was struck while walking on a sea wall in Monmouth Beach.
Authorities say Tursunova was at a beach in the Monmouth County community with several relatives and friends when a line of strong, fast-moving storms blew through the region. She was about 20 feet behind the others in her group when she was struck.
A Monmouth Beach police officer who happened to be nearby saw what happened and tried, along with others on scene, to revive Tursunova before she was taken to the hospital.
