A teenage girl is apparently in fair condition Thursday afternoon after being struck by lightning while horseback riding at a Goshen farm.

The girl was riding a horse at Pie Hill Farm when she was struck during a thunderstorm that swept the region, and is reportedly "okay," said Marcy Grambo, owner of the 28-acre horseback riding and boarding facility.

"I received a text message from her mother that she's going to be fine," Grambo said. "I'm glad she's okay."

Grambo said the girl is a minor, and, as such, declined to give her name or state where she was from. She boards her horse at the farm, Grambo said.

State police, Goshen firefighters and members of the Goshen Volunteer Ambulance were dispatched to the farm, located at 71 Pie Hill Road, at approximately 2:59 p.m. to respond to the call of a person being struck by lightning.

The victim was immediately taken to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital where she was treated for non-life threatening injuries, said Trooper Stephen Luba of the Troop B barracks in North Canaan.

The hospital could not be reached for comment as of press time to directly confirm the girl's status.

It remained unclear whether the girl was directly struck, or whether the lightning struck the ground around where she was riding.

"No one really knows exactly what happened, but the horse went down and the girl went down at the same time," the owner said. "We don't know how long she was out there."

Grambo said she's not sure how long she will remain at the hospital.

The horse is also recovering, the owner said.

A number of thunderstorms swept through the area Thursday afternoon, causing severe rain and tornado warnings throughout Litchfield County and elsewhere in the state.

This is also the second instance of lighting striking someone this week. On Sunday, an individual in Bantam was struck by lightning but refused treatment, Litchfield County Dispatch said.

At Pie Hill Farm, which sports 17 horses and offers regular lessons for equestrians, there has never been any problem like this before, Grambo explained. She said she spoke to the previous owner of the farm, who told Grambo there has never been a lightning strike on a person before.

"No one in the last 15 years has gotten hit by lightning here," she said. "I've seen lightning in the distance, like any other open field, but I've never seen anything this close."

Nancy Tucker, who lives next door to the farm, said she heard the lightning strike but didn't see it.

"It didn't seem unusual to me, because that happens a lot," she said.

The area where the farm is situated is on a hill overlooking the rolling hills of Goshen and Litchfield County. The facility sports an indoor riding rink, stables, barns, fenced-in areas and other accommodations.