Overview
- A woman running on a Superior walking path was hit by lightning and is in critical condition at a Denver-area hospital.
- Witnesses found her under a tree, started CPR, and first responders restored a pulse before she began breathing on her own.
- Deputies have not identified her because she had no ID, her phone was destroyed, and checks of fingerprints and local missing-person reports found no match, which slows contact with family and doctors’ access to her history.
- Investigators ask residents near LaSalle Street and El Dorado Drive to review security-camera video from roughly 4:30 to 5:39 p.m. for images of the runner—described as 20–30, auburn hair, and three butterfly tattoos on her right upper arm—and to call 303-441-4444 with tips.
- A National Weather Service meteorologist reported about 60 lightning strikes in Boulder County within minutes around the incident, a reminder that spring storms can turn dangerous very quickly.