Ga. Teen Killed By Lightning
16-Year-Old Was Riding Bicycle
POSTED: 4:37 pm MDT July 5,
2008
UPDATED: 5:00 pm MDT July 5,
2008
WESTCLIFFE, Colo. -- A spokeswoman for a youth camp in southern Colorado said a 16-year-old from Georgia was struck and killed by lightning. Uplift Mountain spokeswoman Heidi Selden said Landon Dillard of Macon had been staying at the camp. Selden and Custer County Sheriff Fred Jobe said the teen was riding bicycles with other campers Thursday near Westcliffe when he was hit by lightning.Dean Seldon was riding with the kids when the lightning struck and said they tried to revive Dillard with C.P.R.
Jobe said the others weren't injured. Selden said Dillard had been at Uplift Mountain for the past four weeks as part of a seven-week program.
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