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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

And it is a Monday, August 19th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning.

In the news this morning, nine people were injured after a tree came crashing down as a result of a lightning strike at a swim club in Bucks County Sunday.

It happened just before 5 p.m. at the Dolphin Swim Club located on the 200 block of West Bristol Road in Feasterville.

Authority said a tree crashed onto a tent pavilion injuring two adults and seven children.

Lightning struck the tree moments before the incident.

Several victims were taken

to area hospitals for treatment. Three people were severely injured, they said, six others suffered

minor injuries. Lower Southampton emergency management officials said the swim club staff initiated

rescue efforts before medics arrived. One witness said the storm rolled in quick and took out

other trees at the club as well. Township officials said that the club will remain closed today so that they can resume cleanup and insurance investigators can survey the damage.

Officials said two people are dead following a plane crash in Newark, Delaware Sunday morning. The incident happened in the area of 550 Stanton Christiana Road at 9 a.m. The plane's pilot radioed in that he needed to land and then officials

lost communication with the pilot. The twin-engine aircraft was found in a heavily wooded area

off of Route 7, approximately two miles north of runway 32 of Newcastle Airport. A short time later,

officials said that the 1965 beach barren twin-engine plane registered to a Philadelphia resident

took off at approximately

850.

Two occupants were in the aircraft both died in the crash.

Officials said positive identification of the victims as pending.

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