LACEYVILLE — A teen girl was struck by lightning while sitting on a family tree swing Monday afternoon in Laceyville.
Ellie Pisula was struck around 3:30 p.m. She is an eighth grader at Wyalusing Valley Junior/Senior High School.
Pisula’s mother, Stephanie Pisula, says the girl is lucky to be alive. Pisula says her daughter lost feeling in her arms and legs but has started talking and walking again.
Ellie Pisula is hospitalized at Geisinger Medical Center near Danville.