Officials say a 13-year-old middle school student who was critically injured by lighting during football practice is breathing on his own.
A spokeswoman for Las Cruces Public Schools says Hunter Keffer's mother reported on his condition Tuesday night. Additionally, she says two other students injured Tuesday evening had also been transferred to El Paso after first being taken to a local hospital. She says their conditions were unknown Wednesday morning and their names weren't being released. She says the boys were transferred because Las Cruces doesn't have a trauma center.
Meantime, the El Paso Medical Center says Keffer has been transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit at El Paso Children's Hospital.
A coach also was injured in the strike. He was taken to MountainView Regional Medical Center.
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