Lightning strike kills woman, injures 7 others in Rocky Mountain National Park
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A lightning strike has killed a woman and injured seven other people at Rocky Mountain National Park.
Park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson says two of the injured were taken to a hospital by ambulance and five others transported themselves.
Patterson says park officials were notified of the lightning strike at about 1:20 p.m. Friday. It happened on the Ute Crossing Trail, which is located off Trail Ridge Road. Trail Ridge is the nation's highest continuously paved road.
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The park did not identify the woman who died, or the people who were injured.
Officials said they would not be releasing additional information Friday.