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Show Local Physician Recovers From Lightning Strike Dr. Norman L. Parker, struck by lightning Friday of last week while fishing on Strawberry Reservoir, is expected ex-pected to be able to leave the hospital at Heber this week, but has been advised against company and will of necessity have to keep quiet. He suffered painful burns over parts of his body by the lightning flash which rendered him unconscious and riddled the clothing he was wearing, although his wet, rain-soaked clothes were credited with possibly pos-sibly saving his life. He was fishing in a wooden boat rented rent-ed from the Madsen camp rather ra-ther than his own aluminum-lined aluminum-lined one which was also in his favor. His wife, Beth, who had taken shelter in the car while her husband fished a little long- er, said that she saw a bright flash of lightning leap across the water at the same time it seemed to strike the boat. Dr. Parker was fishing near the boat camp pier at the east end of the lake when the accident acci-dent occurred about 6 p.m. He was taken by State Fish and Game truck part way to the Heber Hospital and then transported by Highway Trooper Troop-er Doyle Van Wagenen and Deputy Sheriff Jerry Smith. |