ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah, Sept. 23, 2016 (Gephardt Daily) — Two people were taken to an area hospital in stable condition after a tree was struck by lightning in Zion National Park, which caused a limb to fall onto them, officials said.
A man and a woman were injured on Emerald Pools Trail Thursday afternoon, said Aly Baltrus, park spokeswoman. Baltrus said lightning struck a cottonwood tree causing one of its limbs, measuring 8 inches in diameter, fell on the hikers.
The exact nature of their injuries is not known.
Gephardt Daily will update the story as information becomes available.
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