New Jersey teacher struck by lightning while dismissing students amid nor’easter

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A middle school teacher was struck by lightning during school dismissal Wednesday afternoon as the nor’easter blasted the area, police said.
The 33-year-old Manchester Middle School teacher was doing bus duty outside the building around 2:30 p.m. when the umbrella she was holding was struck by lightning, officials said. She was brought back into the building to the nurse’s office while emergency personnel came to the school.
The teacher was ale