The two hunters who were found dead in Colorado’s backcountry last week died as a result of being struck by lightning, a coroner confirmed to the Scripps News Group in Denver on Monday.
The bodies of Andrew Porter of Asheville, North Carolina, and Ian Stasko of Salt Lake City, Utah — both 25 years old — were found a couple of miles away from a trailhead in Conejos County on Sept. 18.
On Monday afternoon, the Scripps News Group in Denver called the Conejos County coroner, who confirmed that the two men died from a lightning strike. The official autopsy report will become available after eight to 10 weeks…