Woman survives after lightning strike

Published: Saturday, July 4, 2009 1:50 p.m. MDT
 |  E-MAIL | PRINT | FONT + - 

ST. GEORGE — A Las Vegas woman has survived a lightning strike at a southern Utah campground.

Washington County Sheriff's Sgt. Danny Kroff says the unidentified 48-year-old woman was standing next to a tree that apparently was struck by lightning Friday at the Pine Valley Campground near St. George.

Kroff says the woman was breathing normally when authorities arrived, but she was taken to Dixie Regional Medical Center. Investigators found no wounds on her body.

The woman told authorities that she could feel electricity going through her body from her feet to her fingertips.

Comments

You can be the first to comment on this story.

previousnext

Latest comments

Ending these posts is not the way to go. Many, many fans come here to read...

I wish I had her job - that would be fun, profanity and obscenity included -...

What a horrible way to pass away. Prayers for the family!

Editorial: Who wants ethics reform?

Philip - I hate to tell you this, but many active registered Republicans...

Don't underestimate gratitude

I think Brother Coppin's articles are much better when he stays away from...

Rivalry Week is highly profane

are for trading insults. We all need to get a bit thicker skin while at the...

Nice. Could not get into the cool clubs so you start you own. I give them an...

I never thought Nutty Putty was dangerous. I went there 3 times as a...

Can't they jackhammer the walls of the cave to get him out? I'd want him...

BYU's old uniforms?

For the sake of us football fans that have historical perspective please be...

Advertisements