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None of the nine boys or two adults with them on Baldy Mountain was seriously injured, though one was later airlifted to a Santa Fe hospital for treatment.
"They have some tingling," said Marcal Young, Scout executive director of the Caddo Area Council, which includes eight Arkansas and two Texas counties. "I guess it wasn't direct because in most cases, that would probably be a fatal situation."
The lightning struck Sunday afternoon while the boys were hiking back down toward the treeline. Most were able to walk to a base camp at an elevation of 10,000 feet, where vehicles from the Philmont Scout Ranch and at least one ambulance took them to area health facilities, Philmont officials said.
All were treated and returned to the ranch or were en route Monday morning, said John Van Dreese, associate director of programs for Philmont.
He said six of the 11 were from the Texarkana area of Arkansas and Texas, four were from Glenview, Ill., and one was from Montoursville, Pa.
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