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Jun 9, 2009 7:20 am US/Mountain

Victim's Sister: Lightning Strike Was 'God's Will'

Reporting
Shaun Boyd
EVANS, Colo. (CBS4) ― The sister of an Evans man killed by a lightning strike last Friday says her brother went through life knowing in a sense the way he might die.

Sonia Trevizo-Molina told CBS4 on Monday that her brother Efrain, 21, was deeply religious and had a premonition of sorts.

"My brother always believed that Jesus Christ is the light of the world, and he always said a light would come to get me. And he went home the way he always said he would go home," she said.

A person walking their dog found Trevizo-Molina's body in an open field near his home in Evans on Saturday about 12 hours after he was killed.

"We didn't even get to say goodbye. He went for a walk and that was it, and that's how quick it can be. You don't have time to run," Sonia said.

Lightning is the top life threatening weather hazard in Colorado. Sonia and her family say Efrain's death should be a reminder about how dangerous lightning really can be.

"That night it was stormy. My father and my mother saw the clouds forming," she said. "My mom says that (Efrain) turned around and looked at her and smiled and said 'It's going to rain tonight, huh, mom.'"

That was the last time anyone in his family saw him alive.

In the middle of the open field, the lightning strike came through Efrain's right ear and out through his ankles.

"There were (cell) towers there that could have saved him, but I believe it was God's will," Sonia said.

Last year 19 people were struck by lightning in Colorado. Four of those victims died.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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