Reports that boy scouts taken to hospital after lightning strike in New Hampshire Twenty six people have been transported to hospital in the American state of New Hampshire after a lightning strike at a boy scout camp. Television station WMUR reported that there were no "direct hits" but 23 boy scouts and three adults were taken to hospital after some reported "tingling and burning sensations." Greg Osborn from the Boy Scouts of America confirmed there were no serious injuries, and the trip to hospital was taken as a precuation. The Hidden Valley Scout Camp is in Manchester, the largest city in the state.