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A teenager was killed and four other people were injured when they were struck by lightning while hiking on Mount Blue Sky Sunday afternoon. It happened around 1:20 p.m. at the summit of the mountain, according to Jenny Fulton with the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office. Someon…
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