Jonathan Gerrish, wife Ellen Chung, their one-year-old daughter Muji and the family's dog, Oski, were all found dead in Yosemite's Sierra National Forest in a mystery that is baffling US investigatorsFreak lightning strike may have killed Brit, wife, baby and dog on hiking trailA British man and his entire family found dead on a hiking trail in California could have been killed by a lightning strike, investigators say. Investigators have been probing theories including the possibility the family were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, or from coming into contact with toxic algae. According to the latest US reports, investigators have turned their attention to the possibility a lightning strike killed the family of three and their pet. Image: REX/Shutterstock) REX/Shutterstock)Image: REX/Shutterstock) REX/Shutterstock)The odds of being struck by lightning in a given year are around 1 in 500,000 in the US. Lightning kills an average of 49 people a year, and around two-thirds of victims survive their injuries.

Source: Daily Mirror September 09, 2021 08:15 UTC