Crime & Safety
Boston Man Killed In Wyoming Lightning Strike
The 22-year-old was struck by lightning in the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
BOSTON, MA — A 22-year-old man from Boston has been identified as the victim in a fatal Wyoming lighting strike at a campsite last week.
John Murphy was camping with the National Outdoor Leadership School in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in northwestern Wyoming last Tuesday when the lighting strike occurred. Murphy went into cardiac arrest after the strike, and a second person was injured, the Associated Press reported.
The report did not say if the lightning bolt directly hit Murphy, or if he was nearby an object that was.
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The strike happened while Murphy and more than a dozen others were set up at a campsite near Enos Lake.
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