Fourth victim of lightning strike upgraded to serious condition

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Springfield man struck by a lightning bolt that killed three others at a funeral has been upgraded from critical to serious condition.

Junior Lee Gray, 70, is hospitalized at St. John's Regional Health Center in Springfield. He and three others attending a funeral for Leon L. Carroll at Clear Creek Cemetery on Friday were standing under an umbrella beneath a tree when the bolt hit the tree.

The lightning killed Leroy Hendrix, 82, and Billy J. Burgess, 66, and Gray's wife Joretta, 71, all of Springfield.