CONEJOS COUNTY, Colo. — The two hunters, including a Salt Lake City man, who died in Colorado’s backcountry last week were struck by lightning, a coroner confirmed 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 miles away from a trailhead in Conejos County on Sept. 18.
On Monday afternoon, the Conejos County coroner said that men died from a lightning strike, although the official autopsy report won’t become available until after eight to 10 weeks…