2 Shocked By Lightning Near Buffalo Creek
Victims Were With Church Group
POSTED: 4:10 pm MDT July 28, 2010
DENVER -- Two people were indirectly hit by lightning near the Buffalo Creek Campground in Jefferson County Wednesday afternoon.The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the two were part of a church group that was in the area. Heavy thunderstorms were moving through the area at the time a bolt of lightning hit nearby, sending an electrical shock into the ground.They were believed to be a male and female, but their ages weren't available.
Both victims were transported to Littleton Hospital, according to the sheriff's office.The Buffalo Creek Campground is in on the edge of the Buffalo Creek Fire burn area, northeast of Wellington Lake.
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