14-Year-Old Girl Killed By Lightning in Utah, Stepmother in Critical Condition

A teenager is dead and a woman is in critical condition after being struck by lighting at the Utah-Wyoming border, according to the Associated Press.

Brooklyn Reynolds, 14, and her stepmom Jayleen Reynolds, 49, were reportedly riding their watercraft in the Flamingo Gorge Reservoir on Friday, when lightning struck, killing the teenager.

Jayleen was transported by air to a hospital in Salt Lake City, Daggett County sheriff spokeswoman Susie Potter told the AP.

Potter added that Brooklyn's father was also at the reservoir, but on a different boat at the time of the incident. He was reportedly treated at the scene for shock.



According to the AP, nearby campers saw the lightning strike and had to maneuver their boat of the area, which had bad cell service, before they could call for help.

"It was just kind of wrong place, wrong time," Potter told the AP, adding that minimal storms have hit the area in recent afternoons. However, National Weather Service's Ralph Estelle told the news outlet that no more than four lightning bolts were reported in the area on Friday afternoon.