7 youth hikers taken to Utah hospitals after lightning strike

SALINA, Utah: A youth group of seven hikers in Utah who were struck by lightning were sent to the hospital this week.

Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis said in a statement that the youths from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Salina, Utah, were in the eastern part of Sevier County around 1:45 p.m. when a light rain began, and the lightning hit.

"Approximately 50 youth felt the shock