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A man has died in the southern Colorado wilderness just over a week after two elk hunters were found dead following a lightning strike

Officials received a call for help from a group of hunters as "CPR was in progress" on Sept. 26

The 54-year-old man's body had to be recovered the next day because of "hazardous nighttime conditions"

Just over a week after two missing hunters were found dead after being struck by lightning , a third man died in the same area of southern Colorado, authorities said.

On Friday, Sept. 26, around 11:23 p.m. local time, officials got a call for help from a group of hunters located in a “remote” section of the South San Juan Wilderness, the southeastern portion of the San Juan Mountain Range, the Conejos County Sheriff’s Office said in a rele

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