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Seven members of a younker radical hiking successful Utah were transported to hospitals aft lightning struck the crushed adjacent them
Seven members of a younker radical hiking successful Utah were transported to hospitals Thursday aft lightning struck the crushed adjacent them.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints younker radical from Salina, Utah, were successful the eastbound portion of Sevier County astir 1:45 p.m. erstwhile a airy rainfall began and the lightning hit, Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis said successful a statement.
"Approximately 50 younker felt the daze of the lightning," Curtis said, adding that 7 of the young radical had “medical concerns owed to the electrocution."
Two had superior symptoms and were flown by chopper to Primary Children’s Hospital successful Lehi, Utah. Five others were transported by ambulances to Sevier Valley Hospital successful Richfield and Gunnison Valley Hospital successful Gunnison, Curtis said.
None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, according to Curtis, who said the different hikers were returned to their families successful Salina, which is 139 miles (223 kilometers) southbound of Salt Lake City.
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