Two women out for a walk in Oromocto were injured Saturday when a lightning bolt struck a nearby tree.

The women were near the Oromocto Boat Club when a storm came up suddenly around 1:20 p.m.

People called the police, thinking the women had been struck.

"As it turned out, lightning had struck close to the two individuals walking down in Hazen Park by the Oromocto River," said RCMP Cpl. Jean-Marc Pare. "The force of the lightning threw the two ladies to the ground."

The women were then taken to the Oromocto Hospital. One had to be transferred to the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton.

Their injuries are not considered life threatening.

One of the women is from Halifax; the other from Geary, N.B.