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Welcome to the yearly summary section of the Colorado Lightning Resource Page. This page summarizes the previous years' lightning casualties for the State of Colorado.
Summary Year: 2008
This page was posted on 6 February, 2009. Data was from STORMDATA and other sources.
During 2008, 4 people were killed and 7 were injured by lightning in Colorado. In an average year in Colorado, 3 people are killed and 13 are injured.
For more details of these casualties, and lightning casualties going back to 1980, please visit the Colorado "Day By Day" Lightning Casualty Statistics section of the Colorado Lightning Resource Page.
Below is a summary of the lightning casualties.
24 June 2008, 1420 mst (1520 mdt), El Paso County: Two police officers were injured by the current of a nearby lightning flash which hit a lightstand in a sports complex. The two officers were taken to the hospital.
03 July 2008, 1542 mst (1642 mdt), Custer County: A teenager was killed while riding a mountain bike with others on a county road in Custer County. A detailed writeup of this event can be found HERE. 06 July 2008, 1200 mst (1300 mdt), Pitkin County: A family of five from Idaho were all struck by lightning while hiking on the American Lake Trail, about 9.5 miles south of Aspen. A 15 year old girl was revived by CPR. A 17 year old boy was burned on the soles of his feet. The other 3 family members of the family were not affected by the flash.
08 July 2008, 11:20 mst (12:20 mdt), Larimer County: Lightning struck near a group of 8 hikers at Rocky Mountain National Park. Three of them suffered minor injuries.
28 July 2008, 1341 mst (1441 mdt) [time estimated], Mineral County: A sheep herder was killed by lightning at the headwaters of Oso Creek near the Continental Divide. A general writeup of this event can be found HERE.
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