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Utah student recovering, dealing with lightning strike that killed childhood friend

By Fox 13 · October 31, 2026 · 1 min read
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Add Fox 13 as a Google Preferred Source UTAH COUNTY, Utah — It started simply enough when a group of friends at the University of Utah decided to go on an early morning hike up Mount Timpanogos to watch the sunrise. But when the group reached the summit, the weather turned, and a lightning strike killed one student and sent several others to the hospital.

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