A 16-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by lightning in Central Park on Thursday afternoon, law enforcement sources tell The Post.

A teenage boy was struck by lightning in Central Park, police said Thursday afternoon. The lightning bolt struck at 3:45 p.m. on the park’s East Drive near E. 100th St. according to cops.

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A 15-year-old boy was struck by lightning while out for a walk in Central Park Thursday afternoon, according to police. As a thunderstorm broke out around 3:45 p.m., the teen was suddenly struck ...

But the pavement is now a bumpy path. When the paved sidewalks were originally being installed in the 1930s, over 70 years after the first section of the park opened to the public, there were no ...